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A56 crash in Trafford on 26 December 1998 at 18:00 involving a Volvo 440

A Volvo 440 and a car were involved in a crash on the A56 in Trafford at 18:00 on Saturday 26 December 1998. The 54-year-old male driver of the car and a 26-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 1998
Saturday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo 440 and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45066, longitude -2.30202, in the M32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stretford.

Map of where the crash happened in Trafford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199806M323699
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 199806M323699 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.