A5066 crash in Salford on 11 February 2012 at 19:55 involving a Peugeot Expert taxi
A car and a Peugeot Expert taxi were involved in a crash on the A5066 in Salford at 19:55 on Saturday 11 February 2012. The 32-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Expert taxi, a 43-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot Expert taxi and a 27-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot Expert taxi were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Feb 2012
- Saturday, 19:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Peugeot Expert
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47954, longitude -2.26693, in the M5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ordsall, Salford, M5 4YU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Salford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201206F056853
- Council area
- Salford
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5066
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Expert
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Expert)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 43, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Expert)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Expert)
- 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 201206F056853 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Salford road accident statistics for 2012.