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Serious A579 crash in Bolton on 14 December 2012 at 16:03 involving a Ford Transit Connect van

A Ford Transit Connect van hit a pedestrian on the A579 in Bolton at 16:03 on Friday 14 December 2012. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Dec 2012
Friday, 16:03
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit Connect
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54622, longitude -2.46967, in the BL5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Atherton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hulton, Bolton, BL5 1AB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bolton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201206K067951
Council area
Bolton
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
579
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Connect)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing in zig-zag exit lines
    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 201206K067951 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 2012.