B5162 crash in Trafford on 7 August 2009 at 22:30 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B5162 in Trafford at 22:30 on Friday 7 August 2009. The 66-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Aug 2009
- Friday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37481, longitude -2.35921, in the WA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bowdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bowdon, Trafford, WA14 3HL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Trafford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200906M019484
- Council area
- Trafford
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5162
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 5161
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 1991.
Slight
Alfa Romeo Arna crash on the B5162 in Trafford, 13 June 1991
At the same spotRef 199106M125091
Slight
Van crash on the B5162 in Trafford, 14 April 1985
At the same spotRef 198506M085085
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B5162 in Trafford, 20 April 1995
At the same spotRef 199506M007295
Slight
Car crash on the B5162 in Trafford, 20 September 1989
At the same spotRef 198906M217289
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B5161 in Trafford, 28 January 1997
At the same spotRef 199706M136797
Slight
Car crash on the B5357 in Trafford, 1 May 1981
At the same spotRef 198106M000772
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
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 200906M019484 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Trafford road accident statistics for 2009.