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A575 crash in Salford on 11 December 1997 at 17:00 involving a Citroen Saxo

A Citroen Saxo hit a pedestrian on the A575 in Salford at 17:00 on Thursday 11 December 1997. A 73-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Dec 1997
Thursday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Citroen Saxo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52507, longitude -2.39909, in the M28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walkden.

Map of where the crash happened in Salford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199706F140497
Council area
Salford
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
575
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 July 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199706F140497 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.