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Unclassified road crash in Trafford M32 on 8 May 1997 at 22:30 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Trafford at 22:30 on Thursday 8 May 1997. The 32-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic and a 28-year-old male passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 May 1997
Thursday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Granada and Honda Civic
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46094, longitude -2.28884, in the M32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Old Trafford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199706M020397
Council area
Trafford
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 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
A
Second road number
56

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199706M020397 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Trafford road accident statistics for 1997.