A57(M) crash in Manchester on 16 October 2017 at 11:35 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and an Audi Q7 were involved in a crash on the A57(M) in Manchester at 11:35 on Monday 16 October 2017. The 61-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Oct 2017
- Monday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Audi Q7
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47179, longitude -2.23564, in the M1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ardwick, Manchester, M13 9JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201706E036203
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 1998.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 3 December 1998
4 m awayRef 199806C565498
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 30 May 2004
4 m awayRef 200406C903394
Slight
Subaru Legacy crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 9 January 2003
6 m awayRef 200306C021193
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 3 May 2025
15 m awayRef 2025061585481
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 29 September 1997
18 m awayRef 199706C147897
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A57(M) in Manchester, 1 August 2001
18 m awayRef 200106C015506
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q7
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 201706E036203 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 2017.