B6536 crash in Bolton on 12 December 2011 at 20:20 involving a Honda Accord
A Honda Accord and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the B6536 in Bolton at 20:20 on Monday 12 December 2011. The 33-year-old male driver of the Honda Accord and the 23-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2011
- Monday, 20:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Accord and Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56865, longitude -2.41808, in the BL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bolton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Lever, Bolton, BL3 2AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bolton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201106K054635
- Council area
- Bolton
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6536
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2014.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B6536 in Bolton, 4 November 2014
1 m awayRef 201406K093192
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6536 in Bolton, 12 August 2017
2 m awayRef 201706K033774
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the B6536 in Bolton, 29 May 2019
2 m awayRef 201906K158034
Slight
Toyota MR2 crash on the B6536 in Bolton, 6 June 2009
3 m awayRef 200906K017325
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B6536 in Bolton, 31 December 2015
3 m awayRef 201506K010186
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B6536 in Bolton, 10 July 2006
3 m awayRef 200606K053232
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,850 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
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 201106K054635 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 2011.