{"id":116598,"date":"2025-05-20T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116598\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T08:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:30:12","slug":"two-car-collision-in-manchester-leaves-no-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116598\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-car collision in Manchester leaves no injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emergency services responded swiftly this afternoon to a two-vehicle collision on along Ardwick Green South, Manchester.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The incident involved a black MG and a silver car, with Greater Manchester Police confirming that no injuries were reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Picture of the crashed black MG. Credit Emmanuel Etim<\/p>\n

A police officer at the scene stated: \u201cThere were no casualties.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Occupants in the vehicles were assessed by paramedics.<\/p>\n

The crash caused temporary traffic delays as one lane was closed to allow for vehicle recovery and debris clearance.\u00a0 The road has since fully reopened.<\/p>\n

\"\"Picture of a fire and rescue personnel attending to one of the vehicles. Credit Emmanuel Etim<\/p>\n

This incident adds to the ongoing concern over road safety in Greater Manchester.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, between 2021 and 2024, the region recorded 223 deaths or serious injuries resulting from dangerous driving \u2013 the highest in the UK.<\/p>\n

\"\"Picture of the cars towed off the road. Credit Emmanuel Etim<\/p>\n

In 2023 alone, 45 people lost their lives on Greater Manchester roads, with 754 sustaining serious injuries.<\/p>\n

In its continued efforts to improve road safety across the region, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority has endorsed the Vision Zero Strategy, aiming to eliminate road deaths and life-changing injuries by 2040, with an interim goal of a 50% reduction by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services responded swiftly this afternoon to a two-vehicle collision on along Ardwick Green South, Manchester.\u00a0 The incident…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[10840,748,393,52402,4884,18799,2465,529,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-116598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-ardwick","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-fire-and-rescue","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-greater-manchester","14":"tag-manchester","15":"tag-police","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114539228781999524","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}