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Unclassified road crash in Wigan WN3 on 29 May 1997 at 13:00

A vehicle hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Wigan at 13:00 on Thursday 29 May 1997. A 56-year-old female pedestrian and a 6-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 May 1997
Thursday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53654, longitude -2.61903, in the WN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ince-in-Makerfield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199706L034697
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
573

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 28 May 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199706L034697 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 1997.