B5461 crash in Salford on 28 July 2013 at 02:30 involving a London Taxis Int. TX4
A London Taxis Int. TX4 and two cars were involved in a crash on the B5461 in Salford at 02:30 on Sunday 28 July 2013. The 42-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. TX4 and a 27-year-old female passenger in the London Taxis Int. TX4 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 2013
- Sunday, 02:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- London Taxis Int. TX4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47564, longitude -2.26559, 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
- 201306F076559
- Council area
- Salford
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5461
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2023.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B5461 in Salford, 25 February 2023
19 m awayRef 2023061281776
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5461 in Salford, 13 October 2018
23 m awayRef 201806F249687
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A57 in Salford, 21 October 2000
28 m awayRef 200006F007485
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B5461 in Salford, 15 November 2013
28 m awayRef 201306F079959
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A57 in Salford, 12 September 1998
28 m awayRef 199806F297098
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on the A57 in Salford, 16 October 1997
28 m awayRef 199706F107297
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX4
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX4)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX4)
- 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 201306F076559 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 2013.