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A673 crash in Bolton on 8 February 1996 at 16:45 involving a Fiat Panda

A Fiat Panda hit a pedestrian on the A673 in Bolton at 16:45 on Thursday 8 February 1996. A 62-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Feb 1996
Thursday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Fiat Panda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.58311, longitude -2.43196, in the BL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bolton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199606K178596
Council area
Bolton
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
673
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199606K178596 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 1996.