A34 crash in Manchester on 19 August 2000 at 02:15 involving a Nissan Primera
A Nissan Primera and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A34 in Manchester at 02:15 on Saturday 19 August 2000. The 34-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Aug 2000
- Saturday, 02:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Primera and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47801, longitude -2.24813, in the M2 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
- 200006A007782
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 23 August 1999.
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A34 in Manchester, 23 August 1999
At the same spotRef 199906A005439
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A34 in Manchester, 28 April 1999
At the same spotRef 199906A004641
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A34 in Manchester, 26 November 1998
At the same spotRef 199806A368198
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A34 in Manchester, 30 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200006A008267
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A34 in Manchester, 21 December 2000
At the same spotRef 200006A008708
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the A34 in Manchester, 19 January 2001
At the same spotRef 200106A008827
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,974 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 200006A007782 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 2000.