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B6208 crash in Bolton on 8 May 1997 at 13:30 involving a Rover Maestro

A Rover Maestro and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B6208 in Bolton at 13:30 on Thursday 8 May 1997. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 May 1997
Thursday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Rover Maestro and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.58839, longitude -2.41252, in the BL2 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
199706K021497
Council area
Bolton
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6208
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
676

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199706K021497 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 1997.