A560 crash in Manchester on 29 December 2012 at 11:20 involving a Vauxhall Astravan
A Vauxhall Astravan and a Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the A560 in Manchester at 11:20 on Saturday 29 December 2012. The 30-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astravan and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astravan were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2012
- Saturday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astravan and Dennis
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39693, longitude -2.25733, in the M22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Northenden, Manchester, M22 4BG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201206E069250
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 560
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5168
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5168 in Manchester, 18 November 2014
2 m awayRef 201406E093895
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B5168 in Manchester, 26 November 2003
4 m awayRef 200306C024471
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the B5168 in Manchester, 14 March 2008
9 m awayRef 200806C090755
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B5168 in Manchester, 7 December 2007
13 m awayRef 200706C084759
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A560 in Manchester, 4 January 2005
18 m awayRef 200506C917554
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A560 in Manchester, 19 August 2019
20 m awayRef 201906E460967
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astravan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astravan)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astravan)
- 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 201206E069250 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.