Skip to main content
CrashStats

M66 crash in Bury on 7 December 2014 at 06:45 involving a Skoda Octavia

A car and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the M66 in Bury at 06:45 on Sunday 7 December 2014. The 22-year-old female driver of the car and the 31-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a flooded dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 2014
Sunday, 06:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Skoda Octavia
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.62991, longitude -2.29603, in the BL9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bury

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201406X094572
Council area
Bury
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
66
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)

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 201406X094572 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bury road accident statistics for 2014.