A6 crash in Stockport on 23 May 2017 at 14:12 involving a Suzuki Alto
A Suzuki Alto and a Land Rover Freelander were involved in a crash on the A6 in Stockport at 14:12 on Tuesday 23 May 2017. The 28-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Alto was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2017
- Tuesday, 14:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Alto and Land Rover Freelander
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41317, longitude -2.16764, in the SK4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stockport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Reddish South, Stockport, SK4 1TE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Stockport
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201706J039367
- Council area
- Stockport
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 2017.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A6 in Stockport, 28 May 2017
2 m awayRef 201706J030790
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A6 in Stockport, 19 January 2012
2 m awayRef 201206J056407
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A6 in Stockport, 13 February 2003
4 m awayRef 200306J013014
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A6 in Stockport, 16 May 2001
4 m awayRef 200106J009085
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the A6 in Stockport, 20 February 2010
4 m awayRef 201006J028018
Slight
Volvo crash on the A6 in Stockport, 17 June 1997
4 m awayRef 199706J041497
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Alto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Alto)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 201706J039367 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stockport road accident statistics for 2017.