A34 crash in Manchester on 22 March 2014 at 16:15 involving a Fiat Bravo
A Fiat Bravo, a car and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A34 in Manchester at 16:15 on Saturday 22 March 2014. The 26-year-old male driver of the Fiat Bravo and the 59-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Mar 2014
- Saturday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Fiat Bravo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46527, longitude -2.22716, in the M13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ardwick, Manchester, M13 9JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201406E085206
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5184
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 2007.
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A34 in Manchester, 16 August 2007
4 m awayRef 200706B077805
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A34 in Manchester, 25 March 2007
4 m awayRef 200706B069134
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A34 in Manchester, 1 January 2004
4 m awayRef 200406C024917
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A34 in Manchester, 3 January 2014
6 m awayRef 201406E082895
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A34 in Manchester, 21 July 2011
6 m awayRef 201106B048992
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A5184 in Manchester, 9 September 2004
9 m awayRef 200406C909689
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Bravo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 201406E085206 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Manchester road accident statistics for 2014.