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Serious unclassified road crash in Manchester M8 on 28 December 2022 at 09:15 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat and a Toyota C-HR were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Manchester at 09:15 on Wednesday 28 December 2022. A male passenger in the Volkswagen Passat and a female passenger in the Volkswagen Passat were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Dec 2022
Wednesday, 09:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Passat and Toyota C-HR
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.49537, longitude -2.24454, in the M8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cheetham, Manchester, M8 8YW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Manchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022061265254
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
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota C-HR

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2022061265254 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.