A665 crash in Manchester on 12 May 2011 at 14:30 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A665 in Manchester at 14:30 on Thursday 12 May 2011. The 32-year-old female driver of the Mercedes C Class and a 62-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes C Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 May 2011
- Thursday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50643, longitude -2.23866, in the M8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 9JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201106A046256
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 665
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Pedestrian in carriageway, not injured
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 22 September 2010.
Serious
Volvo crash on the A665 in Manchester, 22 September 2010
1 m awayRef 201006A036583
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A665 in Manchester, 18 September 2025
9 m awayRef 2025061668017
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A665 in Manchester, 24 August 2004
10 m awayRef 200406A908647
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A665 in Manchester, 12 July 2015
10 m awayRef 201506A003723
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A665 in Manchester, 7 June 2004
10 m awayRef 200406A903274
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A665 in Manchester, 17 October 2020
10 m awayRef 202006A176490
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Gas bi-fuel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- 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 201106A046256 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.