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A57 crash in Salford on 29 April 2004 at 03:50 involving an LDV 400 Series van

An LDV 400 Series van crashed on the A57 in Salford at 03:50 on Thursday 29 April 2004. The 28-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Apr 2004
Thursday, 03:50
Vehicles
1
LDV 400 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47653, longitude -2.26907, in the M5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ordsall, Salford, M5 4YU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Salford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200406F014412
Council area
Salford
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
57
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
5066

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: LDV 400 Series

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)

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 200406F014412 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 2004.