A57(M) crash in Manchester on 2 September 2002 at 12:45 involving a Citroen Berlingo
A car and a Citroen Berlingo were involved in a crash on the A57(M) in Manchester at 12:45 on Monday 2 September 2002. The 27-year-old female driver of the Citroen Berlingo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Sep 2002
- Monday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Citroen Berlingo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47382, longitude -2.22837, in the M12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ardwick, Manchester, M13 9JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200206C019708
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- First road number
- 57
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 2012.
Slight
Mini One crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 24 November 2012
23 m awayRef 201206E067137
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 29 November 2025
38 m awayRef 2025061678636
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 5 February 2015
40 m awayRef 201506A097315
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 6 August 2014
40 m awayRef 201406A090200
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 25 May 2014
42 m awayRef 201406E087220
Serious
Yamaha R6 crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 18 August 2012
43 m awayRef 201206E063774
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)
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 200206C019708 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.