A6017 crash in Tameside on 26 July 2023 at 17:16 involving a Ford Kuga
A Ford Kuga, a Vauxhall Astra and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on the A6017 in Tameside at 17:16 on Wednesday 26 July 2023. The 41-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jul 2023
- Wednesday, 17:16
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Kuga and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48298, longitude -2.10758, in the OL7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashton-under-Lyne. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peter's, Tameside, OL7 0DJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tameside
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023061334341
- 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
- 6017
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 1998.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A6017 in Tameside, 28 December 1998
50 m awayRef 199806G284098
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A635 in Tameside, 18 January 1991
62 m awayRef 199106G014191
Slight
Car crash on the A635 in Tameside, 9 June 1981
62 m awayRef 198106G001005
Slight
Volvo 240 crash on the A6017 in Tameside, 4 May 1999
65 m awayRef 199906G003425
Slight
Car crash on the A6017 in Tameside, 5 October 2002
65 m awayRef 200206G009479
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Tameside, 18 September 2003
65 m awayRef 200306G011186
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2023061334341 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 2023.