A5079 crash in Manchester on 3 March 2016 at 18:58 involving a Honda CBR900RR motorcycle
A Honda CBR900RR motorcycle and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A5079 in Manchester at 18:58 on Thursday 3 March 2016. The 30-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR900RR motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Mar 2016
- Thursday, 18:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBR900RR and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44449, longitude -2.19968, in the M19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 2EB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201606E013667
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5079
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no 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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 2014.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A5079 in Manchester, 9 March 2014
2 m awayRef 201406E084467
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A5079 in Manchester, 21 October 2002
5 m awayRef 200206C020213
Slight
MG MGF crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 6 April 2000
5 m awayRef 200006C010371
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A5079 in Manchester, 14 June 1997
5 m awayRef 199706C064797
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 25 April 2009
5 m awayRef 200906B014268
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A579 in Manchester, 22 December 2004
5 m awayRef 200406C917316
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR900RR
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 929 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR900RR)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 201606E013667 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 2016.