A34 crash in Manchester on 22 December 2014 at 11:10 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Vectra taxi were involved in a crash on the A34 in Manchester at 11:10 on Monday 22 December 2014. The 40-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra taxi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2014
- Monday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43195, longitude -2.20826, in the M19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burnage, Manchester, M19 1WX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201406E096344
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2012.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A34 in Manchester, 17 March 2012
9 m awayRef 201206C058401
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A34 in Manchester, 13 October 2009
11 m awayRef 200906C022548
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A34 in Manchester, 14 November 2023
13 m awayRef 2023061374616
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A34 in Manchester, 29 February 2004
16 m awayRef 200406C025482
Slight
Honda CBR125R crash on the A34 in Manchester, 1 August 2006
16 m awayRef 200606C054572
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A34 in Manchester, 13 June 2005
16 m awayRef 200506C028516
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 201406E096344 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.