B6469 crash in Manchester on 19 July 2018 at 02:26 involving an Audi S3
An Audi S3 and a taxi were involved in a crash on the B6469 in Manchester at 02:26 on Thursday 19 July 2018. The 43-year-old male driver of the taxi was 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
- 19 Jul 2018
- Thursday, 02:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi S3 and taxi
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47441, longitude -2.24987, in the M1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hulme, Manchester, M15 5EF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201806A147143
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6469
- 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
- Unclassified
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 1999.
Slight
Volvo 740 crash on the B6469 in Manchester, 26 February 1999
7 m awayRef 199906A428699
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the B6469 in Manchester, 12 October 2007
11 m awayRef 200706A081234
Slight
Car crash on the B6469 in Manchester, 13 December 2023
14 m awayRef 2023061388813
Serious
Car crash on the B6469 in Manchester, 24 November 2018
15 m awayRef 201806A150887
Serious
Saab 9-3 crash on the B6469 in Manchester, 2 July 2011
20 m awayRef 201106A048367
Slight
London Taxis Int. Txii crash on the B6469 in Manchester, 10 December 2013
28 m awayRef 201306A080567
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi S3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 201806A147143 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 2018.