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A56 crash in Salford on 18 November 1999 at 08:40 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Mitsubishi Space Wagon were involved in a crash on the A56 in Salford at 08:40 on Thursday 18 November 1999. A 12-year-old male passenger in the Mitsubishi Space Wagon was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Nov 1999
Thursday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Mitsubishi Space Wagon
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.515, longitude -2.26916, in the M7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salford.

Map of where the crash happened in Salford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199906F005493
Council area
Salford
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
56
Road type
Single 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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 25 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Space Wagon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,755 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Space Wagon)

    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 199906F005493 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Salford road accident statistics for 1999.