A6 crash in Salford on 17 September 2003 at 16:10 involving a Renault Clio
A car and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A6 in Salford at 16:10 on Wednesday 17 September 2003. The 34-year-old male driver of the car, the 40-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio and a 60-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Sep 2003
- Wednesday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.51942, longitude -2.36451, in the M27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wardley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swinton & Wardley, Salford, M28 2ND area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Salford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200306F013205
- 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
- 40 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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 April 2013.
Serious
Yamaha FZS 1000 crash on the A6 in Salford, 16 April 2013
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Slight
Skoda Felicia crash on the A6 in Salford, 27 March 2004
14 m awayRef 200406F014250
Serious
Car crash on the A6 in Salford, 16 January 1987
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Slight
Nissan Primastar crash on the A6 in Salford, 3 March 2017
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Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6 in Salford, 22 November 2001
50 m awayRef 200106F009730
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A6 in Salford, 12 March 2025
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- 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 200306F013205 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.