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Serious B6175 crash in Tameside on 8 December 2013 at 01:50 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on the B6175 in Tameside at 01:50 on Sunday 8 December 2013. A 45-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Dec 2013
Sunday, 01:50
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48374, longitude -2.0601, in the SK15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stalybridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stalybridge North, Tameside, SK15 2AT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tameside

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201306G080642
Council area
Tameside
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6175
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
20 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
Fine, 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 201306G080642 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tameside road accident statistics for 2013.