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A578 crash in Wigan on 30 August 2023 at 01:48 involving a Dacia Sandero

A Dacia Sandero and a car were involved in a crash on the A578 in Wigan at 01:48 on Wednesday 30 August 2023. The 74-year-old female driver of the Dacia Sandero was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Aug 2023
Wednesday, 01:48
Vehicles
2
Dacia Sandero and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52289, longitude -2.54334, in the WN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hindley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hindley Green, Wigan, WN2 4HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wigan

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023061346580
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
578
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
577

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dacia Sandero

    Car

    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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    898 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dacia Sandero)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2023061346580 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 2023.