Unclassified road crash in Manchester M14 on 15 September 2003 at 08:20 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort, a Renault Espace and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Manchester at 08:20 on Monday 15 September 2003. The 38-year-old female driver of the Renault Espace, a 9-year-old male passenger in the Renault Espace and a 10-year-old male passenger in the Renault Espace were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2003
- Monday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Escort and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45036, longitude -2.2299, in the M14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rusholme, Manchester, M14 5SU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200306C023700
- Council area
- Manchester
- 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
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 1997.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Tameside, 8 November 1997
20 m awayRef 199706G091797
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A627 in Tameside, 24 January 1998
20 m awayRef 199806G128098
Slight
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 7 March 2019
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Datsun Laurel crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 9 August 1991
42 m awayRef 199106C171991
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42 m awayRef 199306C258593
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Hyundai Ioniq crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 23 May 2025
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Espace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,068 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Espace)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Espace)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Espace)
- 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 200306C023700 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 2003.