A5181 crash in Trafford on 1 February 2011 at 04:50 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A5181 in Trafford at 04:50 on Tuesday 1 February 2011. The 65-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Feb 2011
- Tuesday, 04:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44752, longitude -2.31417, in the M32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stretford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stretford & Humphrey Park, Trafford, M32 0AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Trafford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201106M042136
- Council area
- Trafford
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5181
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 5181
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2008.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A5181 in Trafford, 21 November 2008
5 m awayRef 200806M005942
Serious
Nissan crash on the A5181 in Trafford, 16 December 2025
11 m awayRef 2025061688360
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Trafford, 9 December 2011
12 m awayRef 201106M054675
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on a C road in Trafford, 23 March 2004
13 m awayRef 200406M012906
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A5181 in Trafford, 25 October 2001
13 m awayRef 200106M008466
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A5181 in Trafford, 1 June 2009
13 m awayRef 200906M016351
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 65 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 65, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201106M042136 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Trafford road accident statistics for 2011.