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Greater Manchester Weekend Crashes and Violence Leave Several Seriously Injured as Police Issue Appeals

Detectives focus on witness appeals for key collisions following a weekend of arrests.

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Overview

  • A 70-year-old cyclist remains in hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries after being struck in Little Hulton; a 65-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving as police seek CCTV, doorbell or dashcam footage quoting log 2110 of 16/08/25.
  • A man suffered serious injuries in a Swinton stabbing in the early hours of Aug 18, with a 38-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and taken into custody.
  • An off-road motorcyclist who failed to stop for police near Hyde Road in Gorton crashed on Queens Avenue and was hospitalised with serious injuries before being arrested for traffic offences; buses were diverted during the road closure.
  • A car struck the side of a Metrolink tram at Oldham Mumps around midnight on Aug 17; the driver left the scene before officers arrived, no injuries were reported, and the vehicle was recovered.
  • Elsewhere, armed officers detained a 30-year-old man in Denton who was later arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker and a racial public order offence with no knife found, three men held over a Stalybridge disturbance were bailed, a reported Dukinfield gas leak showed no abnormal readings, a Monton pedestrian sustained leg injuries with no offences recorded, and police issued an image appeal over a June 7 city-centre assault.