A34 crash in Manchester on 8 October 2019 at 11:15 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a car were involved in a crash on the A34 in Manchester at 11:15 on Tuesday 8 October 2019. The 41-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Oct 2019
- Tuesday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.446, longitude -2.20648, in the M14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 2EB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201906E162858
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 2023.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A34 in Manchester, 1 April 2023
17 m awayRef 2023061301287
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A34 in Manchester, 15 March 2007
18 m awayRef 200706B068637
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A34 in Manchester, 2 January 2016
24 m awayRef 201606E009686
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A34 in Manchester, 22 September 2006
33 m awayRef 200606B057589
Slight
Kia Sorento crash on the A34 in Manchester, 30 May 2018
34 m awayRef 201806E144355
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A34 in Manchester, 22 November 2021
39 m awayRef 2021061114250
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 201906E162858 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 2019.