Serious A6172 crash in Bolton on 14 September 2016 at 16:36 involving a Toyota Corolla
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Sep 2016
- Wednesday, 16:36
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57578, longitude -2.43087, in the BL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bolton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Queens Park & Central, Bolton, BL1 1SQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bolton
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201606K020599
- Council area
- Bolton
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6172
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6172
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2025.
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A6172 in Bolton, 20 December 2025
3 m awayRef 2025061686240
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A6172 in Bolton, 24 April 2007
5 m awayRef 200706K070990
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A6172 in Bolton, 9 January 2001
5 m awayRef 200106K008910
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A6172 in Bolton, 6 October 2009
5 m awayRef 200906K022088
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A6172 in Bolton, 9 November 2021
9 m awayRef 2021061107987
Slight
Bus crash on the A6172 in Bolton, 21 November 2008
9 m awayRef 200806K005758
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 201606K020599 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.