A57 crash in Salford on 22 December 2012 at 16:07 involving a Toyota RAV4
A Toyota RAV4 and a BMW 6 Series were involved in a crash on the A57 in Salford at 16:07 on Saturday 22 December 2012. The 22-year-old female driver of the Toyota RAV4 and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Toyota RAV4 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2012
- Saturday, 16:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota RAV4 and BMW 6 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47653, longitude -2.2692, 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
- 201206F068707
- Council area
- Salford
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 57
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 5066
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 1999.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A57 in Salford, 27 June 1999
1 m awayRef 199906F004713
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A57 in Salford, 7 February 2003
1 m awayRef 200306F012025
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A5066 in Salford, 18 July 2000
1 m awayRef 200006F006947
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A5066 in Salford, 19 October 2003
1 m awayRef 200306F013404
Slight
Seat Toledo crash on the A5066 in Salford, 2 February 1999
1 m awayRef 199906F390799
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A5066 in Salford, 24 January 1998
1 m awayRef 199806F163798
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 6 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota RAV4)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota RAV4)
- 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 201206F068707 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.