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B4118 crash in Salford on 25 April 1997 at 18:30 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the B4118 in Salford at 18:30 on Friday 25 April 1997. The 26-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto and the 28-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Apr 1997
Friday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Citroen AX
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.49194, longitude -2.35944, in the M30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eccles.

Map of where the crash happened in Salford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199706F012797
Council area
Salford
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4118
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199706F012797 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Salford road accident statistics for 1997.