A5185 crash in Salford on 18 August 2011 at 14:55 involving a Mercedes S Class
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Aug 2011
- Thursday, 14:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes S Class and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50039, longitude -2.32204, in the M6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swinton Park, Salford, M27 5FX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201106F050098
- Council area
- Salford
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5185
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 2012.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A5185 in Salford, 3 February 2012
4 m awayRef 201206F056963
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A5185 in Salford, 28 June 2005
4 m awayRef 200506F029558
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Salford, 11 December 2014
9 m awayRef 201406F094832
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5185 in Salford, 25 June 1997
10 m awayRef 199706F044297
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A5185 in Salford, 15 February 2004
10 m awayRef 200406F014041
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A5185 in Salford, 10 January 1999
10 m awayRef 199906F374099
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes S Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,227 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
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 201106F050098 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.