A6042 crash in Manchester on 18 February 2011 at 23:40 involving a Rover 400 Series
Four vehicles, including a Rover 400 Series and a Skoda Superb, were involved in a crash on the A6042 in Manchester at 23:40 on Friday 18 February 2011. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Superb was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Feb 2011
- Friday, 23:40
- Vehicles
- 4
- Rover 400 Series and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48682, longitude -2.24084, in the M60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Piccadilly, Manchester, M4 4HB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201106A042737
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6042
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 2004.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A6042 in Manchester, 4 February 2004
4 m awayRef 200406A016878
Slight
Scania crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 23 April 2005
4 m awayRef 200506A025559
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A6042 in Manchester, 17 February 2019
4 m awayRef 201906A153586
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A6042 in Manchester, 26 October 2012
7 m awayRef 201206A066711
Serious
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A6042 in Manchester, 16 May 2010
7 m awayRef 201006A031838
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A6042 in Manchester, 3 November 2005
9 m awayRef 200506A037532
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Superb
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 106
Car
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,527 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- 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
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Superb)
- 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 201106A042737 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 2011.