C road crash in Manchester M16 on 19 August 1998 at 13:30 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on a C road in Manchester at 13:30 on Wednesday 19 August 1998. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Aug 1998
- Wednesday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4513, longitude -2.2576, in the M16 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
- 199806C455698
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,295 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 199806C455698 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.