B5230 crash in Salford on 20 January 2011 at 10:05 involving a Toyota MR2
A Toyota MR2, an Audi A4 and a Daewoo Matiz were involved in a crash on the B5230 in Salford at 10:05 on Thursday 20 January 2011. The 30-year-old male driver of the Toyota MR2 and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Audi A4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jan 2011
- Thursday, 10:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota MR2 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48102, longitude -2.34168, in the M30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eccles. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eccles, Salford, M30 0XQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Salford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201106F041576
- Council area
- Salford
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5230
- 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
- Fine, 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 June 2008.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5230 in Salford, 13 June 2008
3 m awayRef 200806F095980
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the B5230 in Salford, 22 May 2007
3 m awayRef 200706F073232
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B5230 in Salford, 17 January 2004
7 m awayRef 200406F013879
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5230 in Salford, 24 June 2001
11 m awayRef 200106F008916
Serious
Car crash on the B5230 in Salford, 9 July 2005
11 m awayRef 200506F031401
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in Salford, 13 December 2001
11 m awayRef 200106F009875
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota MR2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Daewoo Matiz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota MR2)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- 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 201106F041576 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Salford road accident statistics for 2011.