B6226 crash in Bolton on 30 July 2023 at 22:25 involving a Volkswagen Passat
Eleven vehicles, including a Volkswagen Passat and a Nissan Juke, were involved in a crash on the B6226 in Bolton at 22:25 on Sunday 30 July 2023. A 28-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Passat was 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
- 30 Jul 2023
- Sunday, 22:25
- Vehicles
- 11
- Volkswagen Passat and 10 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.59882, longitude -2.53549, in the BL6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Horwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Horwich North, Bolton, BL6 5YG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bolton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023061335541
- Council area
- Bolton
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6226
- 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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2000.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6226 in Bolton, 7 September 2000
12 m awayRef 200006K007987
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the B6226 in Bolton, 5 August 2004
13 m awayRef 200406K907680
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B6226 in Bolton, 9 February 2012
19 m awayRef 201206K056781
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6226 in Bolton, 10 December 2014
21 m awayRef 201406K094808
Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the B6226 in Bolton, 6 December 2024
21 m awayRef 2024061526953
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B6226 in Bolton, 24 January 2003
21 m awayRef 200306K014139
Vehicles involved (11)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,618 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 4: Mini Paceman
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 5: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 6: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 7: Audi Q2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 8: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 9: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 10: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 11: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2023061335541 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 2023.