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Serious B5237 crash in Wigan on 1 October 1983 at 07:25 involving a car

A car crashed on the B5237 in Wigan at 07:25 on Saturday 1 October 1983. The 32-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Oct 1983
Saturday, 07:25
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.51505, longitude -2.58358, in the WN2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wigan

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198306L248283
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5237
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 September 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198306L248283 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wigan road accident statistics for 1983.