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A62 crash in Manchester on 14 November 2009 at 14:19 involving a Volkswagen Sharan

A Volkswagen Sharan and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the A62 in Manchester at 14:19 on Saturday 14 November 2009. The 50-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Sharan was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Nov 2009
Saturday, 14:19
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Sharan and Alexander Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48379, longitude -2.23219, in the M1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Piccadilly, Manchester, M1 2ND area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Manchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200906A023906
Council area
Manchester
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
62
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with 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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Sharan

    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
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    6,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Sharan)

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 200906A023906 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 2009.