A635 crash in Manchester on 18 November 2008 at 19:00 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A635 in Manchester at 19:00 on Tuesday 18 November 2008. The 50-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Nov 2008
- Tuesday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47294, longitude -2.16584, in the M11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clayton & Openshaw, Manchester, M11 1NL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200806A005668
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 635
- Road type
- Single 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A635 in Manchester, 30 September 2017
8 m awayRef 201706A035638
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A635 in Manchester, 11 September 2014
8 m awayRef 201406A091315
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A635 in Manchester, 30 May 2023
9 m awayRef 2023061318408
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on the A635 in Manchester, 30 May 1998
14 m awayRef 199806A254898
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A635 in Manchester, 13 December 2024
15 m awayRef 2024061531953
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A635 in Manchester, 28 June 2023
24 m awayRef 2023061328026
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 200806A005668 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 2008.