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A573 crash in Wigan on 28 March 2004 at 04:30 involving a Volkswagen Passat taxi

A minibus and a Volkswagen Passat taxi were involved in a crash on the A573 in Wigan at 04:30 on Sunday 28 March 2004. The 23-year-old male driver of the minibus and the 55-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat taxi were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Mar 2004
Sunday, 04:30
Vehicles
2
Minibus and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54279, longitude -2.62442, in the WN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wigan. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wigan Central, Wigan, WN1 1DQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wigan

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200406L017178
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
573
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
577

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

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 200406L017178 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 2004.