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C road crash in Tameside SK14 on 25 March 2011 at 22:35 involving a Volkswagen Passat taxi

A Volkswagen Passat taxi crashed on a C road in Tameside at 22:35 on Friday 25 March 2011. A 31-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Mar 2011
Friday, 22:35
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46161, longitude -2.07424, in the SK14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hyde. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hyde Newton, Tameside, SK14 4BT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tameside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201106G044462
Council area
Tameside
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)

    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 201106G044462 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tameside road accident statistics for 2011.