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Serious B5238 crash in Wigan on 15 July 2009 at 17:00 involving a Mitsubishi Colt

A Mitsubishi Colt hit a pedestrian on the B5238 in Wigan at 17:00 on Wednesday 15 July 2009. A 10-year-old male pedestrian was seriously 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
Serious
Date
15 Jul 2009
Wednesday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Mitsubishi Colt
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57178, longitude -2.58015, in the WN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aspull. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aspull, New Springs & Whelley, Wigan, WN2 1XH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wigan

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200906L018571
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5238
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Colt

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Colt)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200906L018571 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 2009.