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C road crash in Tameside M34 on 8 October 2017 at 22:25 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA crashed on a C road in Tameside at 22:25 on Sunday 8 October 2017. An 18-year-old female passenger and an 18-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 2017
Sunday, 22:25
Vehicles
1
Ford KA
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46917, longitude -2.1215, in the M34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Audenshaw. It is one of the crashes that make up the Audenshaw, Tameside, M34 5AL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tameside

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201706G036348
Council area
Tameside
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single 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
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
22%
Estimated chance it was slight
78%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 53 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 201706G036348 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tameside road accident statistics for 2017.