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Serious unclassified road crash in Manchester M15 on 21 May 2002 at 20:00 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Manchester at 20:00 on Tuesday 21 May 2002. The 37-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto and a 6-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Punto were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 May 2002
Tuesday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Honda Civic and Fiat Punto
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46795, longitude -2.24611, in the M15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hulme, Manchester, M15 5EF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200206C018673
Council area
Manchester
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
A
Second road number
5103

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200206C018673 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 2002.