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A577 crash in Wigan on 25 November 1992 at 12:30 involving a Ford lorry

A Ford lorry and a Freight Rover Sherpa van were involved in a crash on the A577 in Wigan at 12:30 on Wednesday 25 November 1992. The 37-year-old male driver of the Freight Rover Sherpa van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Nov 1992
Wednesday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Ford and Freight Rover Sherpa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.51388, longitude -2.43728, in the M29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tyldesley.

Map of where the crash happened in Wigan

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199206L342292
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
577
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Freight Rover Sherpa

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

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 199206L342292 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 1992.