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Serious A56 crash in Trafford on 8 January 1998 at 18:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit two pedestrians on the A56 in Trafford at 18:00 on Thursday 8 January 1998. A 15-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 16-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Jan 1998
Thursday, 18:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46121, longitude -2.28809, in the M16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Old Trafford.

Map of where the crash happened in Trafford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199806M136998
Council area
Trafford
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
56
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199806M136998 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 1998.