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A58 crash in Bolton on 10 December 1992 at 16:40 involving a Dodge bus

A Dodge bus and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on the A58 in Bolton at 16:40 on Thursday 10 December 1992. The 39-year-old male driver of the Leyland bus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 1992
Thursday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Dodge and Leyland
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54776, longitude -2.50706, in the BL5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Westhoughton.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199206K331192
Council area
Bolton
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
58
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 16 February 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dodge

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    3,860 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, 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 199206K331192 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.