A676 crash in Bury on 3 March 2023 at 16:45 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A Vauxhall Vivaro van and a Volkswagen Touareg were involved in a crash on the A676 in Bury at 16:45 on Friday 3 March 2023. The 31-year-old driver of the Volkswagen Touareg and a 36-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Touareg were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Mar 2023
- Friday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vivaro and Volkswagen Touareg
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.63211, longitude -2.3376, in the BL0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ramsbottom. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Manor, Bury, BL0 9FE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bury
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023061284795
- Council area
- Bury
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 676
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the A676 in Bury, 15 January 1985
32 m awayRef 198506N009285
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A676 in Bury, 16 May 2001
43 m awayRef 200106N006240
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A676 in Bury, 26 September 2002
43 m awayRef 200206N008420
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A676 in Bury, 20 June 2004
60 m awayRef 200406N904726
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A676 in Bury, 2 March 2007
65 m awayRef 200706N067894
Slight
Volvo XC40 crash on the B6215 in Bury, 21 October 2022
69 m awayRef 2022061239631
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Touareg
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightAged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Touareg)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Touareg)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2023061284795 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bury road accident statistics for 2023.