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A56 crash in Bury on 14 January 2003 at 17:10 involving a Toyota Corolla

A Toyota Corolla and a car were involved in a crash on the A56 in Bury at 17:10 on Tuesday 14 January 2003. The 79-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 2003
Tuesday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Toyota Corolla and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.59493, longitude -2.29671, in the BL9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bury East, Bury, BL9 7AZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200306N008982
Council area
Bury
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
56
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)

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 200306N008982 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bury road accident statistics for 2003.