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C road crash in Wigan WN6 on 26 August 2000 at 23:25 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on a C road in Wigan at 23:25 on Saturday 26 August 2000. The 56-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo and the 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Aug 2000
Saturday, 23:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and Ford Orion
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55482, longitude -2.64377, in the WN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wigan.

Map of where the crash happened in Wigan

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200006L008141
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,608 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

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 200006L008141 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wigan road accident statistics for 2000.