B5230 crash in Salford on 9 August 2002 at 19:30 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna, a car and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on the B5230 in Salford at 19:30 on Friday 9 August 2002. A 4-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Aug 2002
- Friday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Laguna and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47622, longitude -2.35269, in the M30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eccles. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gorse Hill & Cornbrook, Trafford, M17 1SH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Salford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200206F011009
- Council area
- Salford
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5230
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 November 2021.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B5230 in Salford, 17 November 2021
5 m awayRef 2021061110907
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B5230 in Salford, 9 September 2007
10 m awayRef 200706F079493
Slight
Skoda Yeti crash on the B5230 in Salford, 6 July 2016
10 m awayRef 201606F018174
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B5230 in Salford, 18 December 2008
10 m awayRef 200806F008114
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B5230 in Salford, 17 November 2010
10 m awayRef 201006F039173
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B5230 in Salford, 31 December 2001
14 m awayRef 200106F009941
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 200206F011009 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.