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Fatal B6178 crash in Manchester on 9 May 2000 at 05:10 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Honda Shuttle were involved in a crash on the B6178 in Manchester at 05:10 on Tuesday 9 May 2000. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort was killed and a 40-year-old male passenger in the Honda Shuttle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 May 2000
Tuesday, 05:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Honda Shuttle
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45368, longitude -2.18113, in the M18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester.

Map of where the crash happened in Manchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200006C010575
Council area
Manchester
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6178
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Shuttle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Shuttle)

    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 200006C010575 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.