A56 crash in Trafford on 23 July 2012 at 17:00 involving a BMW 5 Series
A motorcycle, a BMW 5 Series and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A56 in Trafford at 17:00 on Monday 23 July 2012. The 30-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2012
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 5 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45231, longitude -2.30037, in the M32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stretford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longford, Trafford, M32 0TN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Trafford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201206M063142
- Council area
- Trafford
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 56
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5014
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 2003.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A56 in Trafford, 4 May 2003
4 m awayRef 200306M011475
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A5067 in Trafford, 10 July 1998
4 m awayRef 199806M229798
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5067 in Trafford, 10 October 2001
4 m awayRef 200106M008398
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A56 in Trafford, 12 November 2009
4 m awayRef 200906M023668
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A56 in Trafford, 15 March 2002
4 m awayRef 200206M009273
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A56 in Trafford, 13 March 2001
4 m awayRef 200106M007356
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 201206M063142 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Trafford road accident statistics for 2012.