B5231 crash in Salford on 20 January 2014 at 15:32 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a Toyota Yaris and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B5231 in Salford at 15:32 on Monday 20 January 2014. The 50-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jan 2014
- Monday, 15:32
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.51247, longitude -2.34003, in the M27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swinton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swinton & Wardley, Salford, M27 4EQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Salford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201406F082900
- Council area
- Salford
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5231
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 May 2018.
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B5231 in Salford, 11 May 2018
11 m awayRef 201806F143624
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B5231 in Salford, 16 June 2012
13 m awayRef 201206F061391
Slight
Honda CBR1100XX crash on the B5231 in Salford, 7 November 2003
13 m awayRef 200306F013519
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B5231 in Salford, 10 May 2003
13 m awayRef 200306F012488
Slight
DS DS3 crash on the B5231 in Salford, 3 February 2017
14 m awayRef 201706F027017
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5231 in Salford, 22 March 2004
16 m awayRef 200406F014216
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)
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 201406F082900 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 2014.