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A56 crash in Bury on 21 November 2023 at 00:52 involving a taxi

A taxi crashed on the A56 in Bury at 00:52 on Tuesday 21 November 2023. A 67-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 2023
Tuesday, 00:52
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55203, longitude -2.29623, in the M45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitefield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pilkington Park, Bury, M45 6QF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023061389967
Council area
Bury
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
56
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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown

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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    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 2023061389967 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bury road accident statistics for 2023.