Overview

• Greater Manchester Police named Matthew Thomas, 43, and charged him with dangerous driving, driving over the alcohol limit, having no licence and no insurance.
• He was bailed to appear at Manchester & Salford Magistrates' Court on 9 December.
• Reported CCTV shows a white Kia travelling at high speed before striking a kerb on Factory Lane, toppling a lamppost and flipping onto its roof.
• Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service attended around 5:15pm and made the area safe, and the car’s two occupants avoided serious injury.
• A nearby garage owner said two customer vehicles were likely write-offs and an electrical panel was torn out, and DfT data records seven crashes on the road from 2013 to 2023.