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A573 crash in Wigan on 31 July 2024 at 12:26 involving a Vauxhall Viva

A Vauxhall Viva crashed on the A573 in Wigan at 12:26 on Wednesday 31 July 2024. The 79-year-old female driver 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
31 Jul 2024
Wednesday, 12:26
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Viva
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.51789, longitude -2.59804, in the WN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Platt Bridge and Abram. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abram, Wigan, WN2 5DA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wigan

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024061474575
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
573
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
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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 May 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Viva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Viva)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2024061474575 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 2024.