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A576 crash in Manchester on 12 September 2001 at 18:50 involving a Ford Fiesta

A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A576 in Manchester at 18:50 on Wednesday 12 September 2001. The 29-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Sep 2001
Wednesday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53303, longitude -2.24453, in the M8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Higher Blackley, Manchester, M8 4WB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Manchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200106A010519
Council area
Manchester
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
576
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
6104

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 200106A010519 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 2001.