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Unclassified road crash in Salford M5 on 2 August 2002 at 16:28 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a tram were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Salford at 16:28 on Friday 2 August 2002. A 46-year-old female passenger in the tram and a 46-year-old female passenger in the tram 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
2 Aug 2002
Friday, 16:28
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and tram
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46796, longitude -2.28076, in the M5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ordsall, Salford, M5 3JF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200206F010971
Council area
Salford
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
5066

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 4 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Tram

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, tram occupant, in vehicle 2 (Tram)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, tram occupant, in vehicle 2 (Tram)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 200206F010971 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Salford road accident statistics for 2002.