A6010 crash in Manchester on 21 December 2022 at 16:15 involving a Mazda 6
A Mazda 6 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A6010 in Manchester at 16:15 on Wednesday 21 December 2022. The 44-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2022
- Wednesday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 6 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47425, longitude -2.19445, in the M11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clayton & Openshaw, Manchester, M11 2AS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022061262392
- Council area
- Manchester
- 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
- 6010
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 635
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2004.
Slight
HGV crash on the A635 in Manchester, 13 August 2004
1 m awayRef 200406A907917
Slight
Car crash on the A6010 in Manchester, 25 January 2002
1 m awayRef 200206A011512
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A6010 in Manchester, 13 July 2024
5 m awayRef 2024061467472
Serious
Mini Mini Cooper SE crash on the A6010 in Manchester, 28 October 2025
5 m awayRef 2025061660489
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A635 in Manchester, 27 October 2019
7 m awayRef 201906A163672
Slight
Mini One crash on the A635 in Manchester, 18 September 2018
8 m awayRef 201806A348517
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,183 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2022061262392 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 2022.