A665 crash in Manchester on 12 October 2012 at 11:07 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A665 in Manchester at 11:07 on Friday 12 October 2012. The 25-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series, a 3-year-old female passenger in the BMW 1 Series and a female passenger aged under 1 in the BMW 1 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Oct 2012
- Friday, 11:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48159, longitude -2.22674, in the M4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ancoats & Beswick, Manchester, M4 6LG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201206A066426
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 665
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 2017.
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A665 in Manchester, 4 July 2017
3 m awayRef 201706A032770
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A665 in Manchester, 9 May 1998
4 m awayRef 199806A244398
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A665 in Manchester, 2 December 1997
4 m awayRef 199706A150597
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the A665 in Manchester, 8 March 2000
4 m awayRef 200006A006727
Serious
Car crash on the A665 in Manchester, 12 August 2000
4 m awayRef 200006A007778
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A665 in Manchester, 15 December 2005
6 m awayRef 200506A040604
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside, crossed central reservation
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201206A066426 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.