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A665 crash in Manchester on 11 July 1998 at 22:25 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a Honda Accord were involved in a crash on the A665 in Manchester at 22:25 on Saturday 11 July 1998. The 70-year-old male driver of the Honda Accord and a 54-year-old female passenger in the Honda Accord 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 crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jul 1998
Saturday, 22:25
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Honda Accord
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48596, longitude -2.23325, in the M4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester.

Map of where the crash happened in Manchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199806A284498
Council area
Manchester
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
665
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
Crossroads
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
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 serious injury crash on 15 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Accord

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Accord)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Accord)

    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 199806A284498 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Manchester road accident statistics for 1998.