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Serious B5235 crash in Bolton on 31 December 2003 at 16:10 involving a Citroen Relay van

A Citroen Relay van hit a pedestrian on the B5235 in Bolton at 16:10 on Wednesday 31 December 2003. A 53-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 2003
Wednesday, 16:10
Vehicles
1
Citroen Relay
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54025, longitude -2.51634, in the BL5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Westhoughton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill, Bolton, BL5 3HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200306K016567
Council area
Bolton
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5235
Road type
Single 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 5 May 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Relay

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,446 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen Relay)

    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 200306K016567 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 2003.