A34 crash in Manchester on 18 October 2011 at 07:36 involving a Volvo S40
A Volvo S40 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A34 in Manchester at 07:36 on Tuesday 18 October 2011. The 53-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Oct 2011
- Tuesday, 07:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo S40 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46112, longitude -2.22237, in the M13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rusholme, Manchester, M14 5SU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201106B052402
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 2025.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A34 in Manchester, 9 January 2025
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London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A34 in Manchester, 7 December 2013
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Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A34 in Manchester, 1 December 2008
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Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the A34 in Manchester, 24 May 2010
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Slight
Vehicle crash on the A34 in Manchester, 18 September 2008
6 m awayRef 200806B003414
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A34 in Manchester, 8 July 2025
8 m awayRef 2025061613333
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo S40
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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,588 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 53, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 201106B052402 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.