A34 crash in Manchester on 2 June 2012 at 23:50 involving a London Taxis Int. TX4
A London Taxis Int. TX4 hit a pedestrian on the A34 in Manchester at 23:50 on Saturday 2 June 2012. A 23-year-old male pedestrian 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 crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jun 2012
- Saturday, 23:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- London Taxis Int. TX4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47027, longitude -2.23734, in the M1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ardwick, Manchester, M13 9JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201206B062007
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Single 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
- A
- Second road number
- 34
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 February 2002.
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A34 in Manchester, 22 February 2002
4 m awayRef 200206C017778
Slight
Lexus GS300 crash on the B5117 in Manchester, 25 November 2003
4 m awayRef 200306C024528
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A34 in Manchester, 15 October 2023
7 m awayRef 2023061366936
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A34 in Manchester, 30 May 2010
8 m awayRef 201006B031988
Slight
Fiat Bravo crash on the A34 in Manchester, 29 June 1998
8 m awayRef 199806C410098
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A34 in Manchester, 14 July 2006
8 m awayRef 200606B053371
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX4
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX4)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 201206B062007 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.