A6018 crash in Tameside on 12 August 2021 at 17:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Ecosport were involved in a crash on the A6018 in Tameside at 17:50 on Thursday 12 August 2021. The 46-year-old female driver of the Ford Ecosport, a 12-year-old female passenger in the Ford Ecosport and a 5-year-old female passenger in the Ford Ecosport were 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
- 12 Aug 2021
- Thursday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Ecosport
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48413, longitude -2.05591, in the SK15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stalybridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stalybridge North, Tameside, SK15 2AT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tameside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021061090905
- Council area
- Tameside
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6018
- 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 2020.
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the A6018 in Tameside, 14 January 2020
5 m awayRef 202006G167833
Serious
Van crash on the A6018 in Tameside, 5 February 1999
11 m awayRef 199906G306199
Slight
Minibus crash on the A6018 in Tameside, 3 February 1981
13 m awayRef 198106G000243
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A635 in Tameside, 10 November 2004
25 m awayRef 200406G913934
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A635 in Tameside, 23 November 1997
31 m awayRef 199706G100297
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A6018 in Tameside, 19 July 2000
31 m awayRef 200006G005577
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Ecosport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Ecosport)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Ecosport)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Ecosport)
- 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 2021061090905 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tameside road accident statistics for 2021.