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Fatal A34 crash in Manchester on 19 February 2011 at 10:00 involving a Toyota Avensis

A taxi and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A34 in Manchester at 10:00 on Saturday 19 February 2011. A 79-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Avensis was killed.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Feb 2011
Saturday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Toyota Avensis
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47257, longitude -2.23941, in the M1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ardwick, Manchester, M13 9JU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Manchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201106A044765
Council area
Manchester
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
34
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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,762 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 201106A044765 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.