A665 crash in Manchester on 7 April 2018 at 21:15 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A car and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A665 in Manchester at 21:15 on Saturday 7 April 2018. All five casualties 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
- 7 Apr 2018
- Saturday, 21:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.5073, longitude -2.24013, in the M8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 9JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201806A243206
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 665
- 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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2003.
Slight
Nissan 100 crash on the A665 in Manchester, 30 October 2003
4 m awayRef 200306A016190
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A665 in Manchester, 20 November 2007
4 m awayRef 200706A083647
Slight
Car crash on the A665 in Manchester, 27 March 2006
10 m awayRef 200606A047312
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A665 in Manchester, 26 May 2017
11 m awayRef 201706A031124
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A665 in Manchester, 10 February 2016
13 m awayRef 201606A012425
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A665 in Manchester, 20 May 2025
15 m awayRef 2025061598366
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 201806A243206 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.