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A579 crash in Bolton on 5 November 1997 at 20:05 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo crashed on the A579 in Bolton at 20:05 on Wednesday 5 November 1997. A 30-year-old female passenger 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
5 Nov 1997
Wednesday, 20:05
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57496, longitude -2.42372, 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
199706K128997
Council area
Bolton
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
579
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199706K128997 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.