A57(M) crash in Manchester on 3 December 1998 at 08:55 involving a Ford Escort
A lorry, a Ford Escort and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A57(M) in Manchester at 08:55 on Thursday 3 December 1998. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 1998
- Thursday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Escort and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47175, longitude -2.23558, in the M1 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
- 199806C565498
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- First road number
- 57
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 2004.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 30 May 2004
At the same spotRef 200406C903394
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 16 October 2017
4 m awayRef 201706E036203
Slight
Subaru Legacy crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 9 January 2003
10 m awayRef 200306C021193
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 3 May 2025
11 m awayRef 2025061585481
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 1 August 2001
14 m awayRef 200106C015506
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 21 September 2003
22 m awayRef 200306C023774
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 3 (Motorcycle)
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 199806C565498 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.