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A580 crash in Salford on 8 October 2003 at 18:15 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A580 in Salford at 18:15 on Wednesday 8 October 2003. A 39-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 2003
Wednesday, 18:15
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50759, longitude -2.40964, in the M28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worsley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boothstown & Ellenbrook, Salford, M28 1GB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Salford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200306F013333
Council area
Salford
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
580
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5232

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200306F013333 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.