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A62 crash in Manchester on 29 August 1999 at 21:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the A62 in Manchester at 21:00 on Sunday 29 August 1999. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Aug 1999
Sunday, 21:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48406, longitude -2.23174, 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
199906A005479
Council area
Manchester
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
62
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
62

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 31 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    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 199906A005479 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 1999.