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B5238 crash in Wigan on 30 November 2022 at 11:15 involving a DAF bus

A DAF bus crashed on the B5238 in Wigan at 11:15 on Wednesday 30 November 2022. A male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Nov 2022
Wednesday, 11:15
Vehicles
1
DAF
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57213, longitude -2.57911, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022061252969
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
No

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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    6,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (DAF)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2022061252969 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 2022.