A576 crash in Manchester on 22 March 2012 at 08:22 involving a Honda Accord
A Honda Accord and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A576 in Manchester at 08:22 on Thursday 22 March 2012. The 25-year-old male driver of the Honda Accord was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Mar 2012
- Thursday, 08:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Accord and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53, longitude -2.24601, in the M8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Higher Blackley, Manchester, M8 4WB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201206A059239
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 576
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 2014.
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A576 in Manchester, 20 February 2014
3 m awayRef 201406A083264
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A576 in Manchester, 25 April 2011
4 m awayRef 201106A045603
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A576 in Manchester, 22 November 2004
4 m awayRef 200406A915196
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A576 in Manchester, 31 January 2005
4 m awayRef 200506A919839
Slight
Volvo crash on the A576 in Manchester, 19 September 2008
6 m awayRef 200806AN02060
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A576 in Manchester, 8 August 2022
11 m awayRef 2022061214007
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,157 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)
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 201206A059239 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 2012.