A666 crash in Bolton on 21 April 2016 at 16:10 involving a Renault Clio
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Apr 2016
- Thursday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53528, longitude -2.36371, in the BL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kearsley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kearsley, Bolton, BL4 8PD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201606K015224
- Council area
- Bolton
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 666
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 2018.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A666 in Bolton, 6 April 2018
1 m awayRef 201806K342264
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A666 in Bolton, 30 May 2012
2 m awayRef 201206K060764
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A666 in Bolton, 24 September 2025
2 m awayRef 2025061647375
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A666 in Bolton, 6 September 2023
3 m awayRef 2023061349738
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A666 in Bolton, 24 August 2018
3 m awayRef 201806K347501
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A666 in Bolton, 19 September 1999
4 m awayRef 199906K005577
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
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 201606K015224 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 2016.