A6 crash in Stockport on 12 December 2019 at 18:20 involving an Audi A4 taxi
Four vehicles, including an Audi A4 taxi and a Vauxhall Zafira, were involved in a crash on the A6 in Stockport at 18:20 on Thursday 12 December 2019. The 38-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Zafira, the 45-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 45-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2019
- Thursday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- Audi A4 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43349, longitude -2.18269, in the M19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stockport. It is one of the crashes that make up the Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 2QU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Stockport
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201906J166317
- 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
- Dual 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 2007.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A6 in Stockport, 20 October 2007
23 m awayRef 200706J081599
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Stockport, 29 September 2017
28 m awayRef 201706J035887
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A6 in Stockport, 24 September 2023
29 m awayRef 2023061356994
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A6 in Stockport, 13 January 2005
29 m awayRef 200506J918400
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the A6 in Stockport, 25 March 2011
32 m awayRef 201106J044308
Slight
Toyota Hiace crash on the A6 in Stockport, 5 February 2001
35 m awayRef 200106J008549
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 201906J166317 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 2019.