A57 crash in Manchester on 5 December 2015 at 05:20 involving a Toyota Auris
A Toyota Auris and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A57 in Manchester at 05:20 on Saturday 5 December 2015. The 25-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2015
- Saturday, 05:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Auris and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46544, longitude -2.19593, in the M12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gorton & Abbey Hey, Manchester, M12 5NQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201506A009833
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 57
- 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
- 6010
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 September 2017.
Serious
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A57 in Manchester, 4 September 2017
5 m awayRef 201706A034772
Serious
Skoda Rapid crash on the A57 in Manchester, 17 December 2025
8 m awayRef 2025061684066
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the A57 in Manchester, 29 December 2007
10 m awayRef 200706B086153
Slight
Audi 90 crash on the A57 in Manchester, 19 July 1998
10 m awayRef 199806C430498
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6010 in Manchester, 12 March 2007
14 m awayRef 200706B068457
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A6010 in Manchester, 27 January 2024
16 m awayRef 2024061403339
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 25, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201506A009833 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.