Unclassified road crash in Trafford M33 on 18 December 2010 at 13:15 involving a Volkswagen Caddy
A Volkswagen Caddy, a BMW X3 and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Trafford at 13:15 on Saturday 18 December 2010. The 47-year-old female driver of the BMW X3, a 47-year-old male passenger in the BMW X3 and a 6-year-old male passenger in the BMW X3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2010
- Saturday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Caddy and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41519, longitude -2.32043, in the M33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brooklands, Trafford, M33 3QG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Trafford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201006M040489
- Council area
- Trafford
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 1999.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Trafford, 18 March 1999
14 m awayRef 199906M359999
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Trafford, 6 September 1991
20 m awayRef 199106M187391
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Trafford, 5 July 2025
78 m awayRef 2025061612604
Slight
Bus crash on the B5166 in Trafford, 19 February 1983
102 m awayRef 198306M031783
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Trafford, 23 October 1986
128 m awayRef 198606M201886
Fatal
Car crash on an unclassified road in Trafford, 12 October 1979
128 m awayRef 197906M001755
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Caddy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: BMW X3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,979 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW X3)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW X3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW X3)
- 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 201006M040489 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 2010.