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A6 crash in Bolton on 2 December 1998 at 18:06 involving a Peugeot 406

A Peugeot 406 and a Fiat Bravo were involved in a crash on the A6 in Bolton at 18:06 on Wednesday 2 December 1998. The 22-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406 and the 29-year-old female driver of the Fiat Bravo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 1998
Wednesday, 18:06
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 406 and Fiat Bravo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.58665, longitude -2.57354, in the BL6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackrod.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199806K377598
Council area
Bolton
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5328

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    2,088 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Bravo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Bravo)

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 199806K377598 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 1998.