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Serious A57 crash in Tameside on 5 February 2003 at 12:55 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A car and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A57 in Tameside at 12:55 on Wednesday 5 February 2003. The 33-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was seriously 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
Serious
Date
5 Feb 2003
Wednesday, 12:55
Vehicles
2
Car and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46074, longitude -1.99635, in the SK14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hadfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longdendale, Tameside, SK14 8PJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tameside

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200306G010097
Council area
Tameside
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
57
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
57

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

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 200306G010097 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tameside road accident statistics for 2003.