A664 crash in Manchester on 16 December 2015 at 21:15 involving a Toyota Avensis taxi
A Toyota Avensis taxi hit two pedestrians on the A664 in Manchester at 21:15 on Wednesday 16 December 2015. A 21-year-old female pedestrian and a 10-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2015
- Wednesday, 21:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52617, longitude -2.2128, in the M9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Higher Blackley, Manchester, M9 6RH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201506A009480
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 664
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 34%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 66%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2010.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A664 in Manchester, 21 December 2010
At the same spotRef 201006A040753
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A664 in Manchester, 23 April 2008
At the same spotRef 200806A093183
Fatal
Bicycle crash on the A664 in Manchester, 2 December 2025
7 m awayRef 2025061677314
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A664 in Manchester, 27 January 2019
7 m awayRef 201906A253017
Slight
Car crash on the A664 in Manchester, 21 September 1983
10 m awayRef 198306B126083
Slight
Nissan 200 crash on the A664 in Manchester, 17 August 2004
10 m awayRef 200406A908988
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 201506A009480 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.