Serious A62 crash in Manchester on 29 May 2015 at 19:09 involving a Toyota Avensis
A car and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A62 in Manchester at 19:09 on Friday 29 May 2015. The 57-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 May 2015
- Friday, 19:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48407, longitude -2.23158, in the M4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ancoats & Beswick, Manchester, M4 6LG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201506A002864
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 62
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 62
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2004.
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A62 in Manchester, 9 December 2004
At the same spotRef 200406A916114
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A62 in Manchester, 17 November 2009
At the same spotRef 200906A023892
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A62 in Manchester, 9 April 2019
4 m awayRef 201906A155670
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A62 in Manchester, 26 October 2018
7 m awayRef 201806A149769
Slight
Honda CBF125M crash on the A62 in Manchester, 17 May 2017
7 m awayRef 201706A030337
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A62 in Manchester, 5 December 2014
8 m awayRef 201406A095677
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
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 201506A002864 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 2015.