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A6 crash in Salford on 11 January 2003 at 23:39 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra hit a pedestrian on the A6 in Salford at 23:39 on Saturday 11 January 2003. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jan 2003
Saturday, 23:39
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.51667, longitude -2.35151, in the M27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swinton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swinton & Wardley, Salford, M27 9XW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Salford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200306F011877
Council area
Salford
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200306F011877 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 2003.