A57 crash in Manchester on 9 May 2007 at 19:50 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A57 in Manchester at 19:50 on Wednesday 9 May 2007. The 30-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra, a 41-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra and a 9-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 May 2007
- Wednesday, 19:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4582, longitude -2.16036, in the M18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gorton & Abbey Hey, Manchester, M18 7JS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200706B071874
- Council area
- Manchester
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6167
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 1997.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A57 in Manchester, 4 October 1997
At the same spotRef 199706C154597
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A57 in Manchester, 28 December 1999
At the same spotRef 199906C009441
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A57 in Manchester, 1 May 2001
At the same spotRef 200106C014471
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A57 in Manchester, 25 February 2001
At the same spotRef 200106C013882
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A57 in Manchester, 1 December 2020
4 m awayRef 202006A378011
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B6167 in Manchester, 9 October 2018
9 m awayRef 201806A349135
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- 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 200706B071874 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Manchester road accident statistics for 2007.