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Serious A666 crash in Bolton on 8 June 1995 at 07:10 involving a Rover 800 Series

Two cars and a Rover 800 Series were involved in a crash on the A666 in Bolton at 07:10 on Thursday 8 June 1995. The 63-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 42-year-old male driver of the Rover 800 Series were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Jun 1995
Thursday, 07:10
Vehicles
3
Rover 800 Series and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61544, longitude -2.43833, in the BL7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199506K035795
Council area
Bolton
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
666
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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 23 February 1987.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 800 Series)

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 199506K035795 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 1995.