Serious A5103 crash in Manchester on 30 December 2021 at 17:48 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla, a BMW 1 Series and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A5103 in Manchester at 17:48 on Thursday 30 December 2021. A 63-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Corolla was seriously injured and the 35-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla and the 22-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Dec 2021
- Thursday, 17:48
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Corolla and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46816, longitude -2.24607, in the M15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hulme, Manchester, M15 5EF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021061127578
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5103
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2014.
Slight
Mercedes CLK Class crash on the A5067 in Manchester, 28 January 2014
20 m awayRef 201406E083137
Serious
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 21 May 2002
21 m awayRef 200206C018673
Fatal
Renault Clio crash on the A5103 in Manchester, 4 April 2011
22 m awayRef 201106B044631
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A5067 in Manchester, 30 June 2021
22 m awayRef 2021061071023
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A5067 in Manchester, 3 December 2016
26 m awayRef 201606E024307
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A5067 in Manchester, 7 February 1999
30 m awayRef 199906C627399
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2021061127578 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 2021.