A6 crash in Salford on 9 December 2023 at 22:47 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and a Peugeot 308 were involved in a crash on the A6 in Salford at 22:47 on Saturday 9 December 2023. The 36-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 308 and a male passenger in the Peugeot 308 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Dec 2023
- Saturday, 22:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Peugeot 308
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48321, longitude -2.26426, in the M5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ordsall, Salford, M5 4YU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Salford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023061389656
- Council area
- Salford
- 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
- 6
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5066
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
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 6 February 2010.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A6 in Salford, 6 February 2010
1 m awayRef 201006F027760
Slight
Renault crash on the A6 in Salford, 7 September 2006
1 m awayRef 200606F056504
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A6 in Salford, 13 April 2006
1 m awayRef 200606F047865
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6 in Salford, 3 July 1997
1 m awayRef 199706F048597
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A6 in Salford, 8 March 2020
2 m awayRef 202006F269830
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A6 in Salford, 26 May 2021
3 m awayRef 2021061058487
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 308
Car
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2023061389656 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Salford road accident statistics for 2023.