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A575 crash in Bolton on 22 January 1992 at 13:20 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on the A575 in Bolton at 13:20 on Wednesday 22 January 1992. The 47-year-old male driver of the Leyland bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jan 1992
Wednesday, 13:20
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Leyland
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56973, longitude -2.40313, in the BL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bolton.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199206K020092
Council area
Bolton
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
575
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland)

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 199206K020092 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bolton road accident statistics for 1992.