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A5063 crash in Salford on 16 August 2000 at 22:16 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A car and a Carbodies Taxi were involved in a crash on the A5063 in Salford at 22:16 on Wednesday 16 August 2000. The 44-year-old male driver of the Carbodies Taxi, a 28-year-old male passenger in the Carbodies Taxi and a 33-year-old male passenger in the Carbodies Taxi were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Aug 2000
Wednesday, 22:16
Vehicles
2
Car and Carbodies Taxi
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47416, longitude -2.28246, in the M50 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200006F007079
Council area
Salford
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5063
Road type
Dual 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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Carbodies Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Carbodies Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Carbodies Taxi)

    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 200006F007079 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 2000.