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B5215 crash in Wigan on 27 December 2000 at 14:00 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B5215 in Wigan at 14:00 on Wednesday 27 December 2000. An 11-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio and a 12-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 2000
Wednesday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and Renault Clio
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.51502, longitude -2.50955, in the M46 postcode district and within the built-up area of Atherton.

Map of where the crash happened in Wigan

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200006L008992
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5215
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
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 1 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,544 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)

    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 200006L008992 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.