A538 crash in Manchester on 11 July 2015 at 16:25 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a Kia Carens and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A538 in Manchester at 16:25 on Saturday 11 July 2015. The 23-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, the 46-year-old male driver of the Kia Carens and a 2-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jul 2015
- Saturday, 16:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35811, longitude -2.29009, in the WA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hale, Trafford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodhouse Park, Manchester, M90 5DL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201506E003441
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 538
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 28%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 72%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 2024.
Slight
Honda CBR crash on the A538 in Manchester, 26 July 2024
7 m awayRef 2024061472561
Slight
Car crash on the A538 in Manchester, 2 August 2002
10 m awayRef 200206M010189
Serious
HGV crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 2 December 2015
10 m awayRef 201506E009277
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A538 in Manchester, 2 February 1999
10 m awayRef 199906I346199
Serious
Nissan Almera crash on the A538 in Manchester, 7 November 2003
10 m awayRef 200306I907945
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A538 in Manchester, 21 November 2003
10 m awayRef 200306I912341
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Carens
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Carens)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 201506E003441 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.