B5218 crash in Trafford on 26 November 2016 at 22:25 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the B5218 in Trafford at 22:25 on Saturday 26 November 2016. The 66-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and the 32-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Nov 2016
- Saturday, 22:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46224, longitude -2.25803, in the M15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Old Trafford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Trafford, Trafford, M16 9LF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201606M023904
- Council area
- Trafford
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5218
- Road type
- Single 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
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 2022.
Slight
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the B5218 in Trafford, 8 June 2022
1 m awayRef 2022061188222
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B5218 in Trafford, 9 February 2011
3 m awayRef 201106M042393
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on a C road in Trafford, 22 August 2020
3 m awayRef 202006M174280
Slight
Car crash on the B5218 in Trafford, 28 September 2005
4 m awayRef 200506M035379
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B5218 in Trafford, 24 October 2004
4 m awayRef 200406M912649
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Trafford, 11 October 2004
4 m awayRef 200406C913866
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 201606M023904 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Trafford road accident statistics for 2016.