A5181 crash in Trafford on 24 February 2020 at 05:25 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
A Ford Transit Custom van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A5181 in Trafford at 05:25 on Monday 24 February 2020. The 59-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2020
- Monday, 05:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Custom and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44344, longitude -2.31297, in the M32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stretford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stretford & Humphrey Park, Trafford, M32 0AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Trafford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 202006M168950
- Council area
- Trafford
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5181
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 2009.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A5181 in Trafford, 15 January 2009
2 m awayRef 200906M009142
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A5181 in Trafford, 10 December 2007
2 m awayRef 200706M084947
Serious
Toyota Avensis crash on the A5181 in Trafford, 2 October 2015
2 m awayRef 201506M006508
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A5181 in Trafford, 17 August 2005
2 m awayRef 200506M032561
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A5181 in Trafford, 18 March 2020
2 m awayRef 202006M170226
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A5181 in Trafford, 7 October 2017
3 m awayRef 201706M035818
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 59, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 202006M168950 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Trafford road accident statistics for 2020.