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Unclassified road crash in Wigan WN7 on 7 December 2025 at 05:40 involving a Ford Transit minibus

A Ford Transit minibus and a Volkswagen Tiguan were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wigan at 05:40 on Sunday 7 December 2025. A 6-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Tiguan was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 2025
Sunday, 05:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Volkswagen Tiguan
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50106, longitude -2.51701, in the WN7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leigh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leigh Central & Higher Folds, Wigan, WN7 1YL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025061679596
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    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
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Tiguan

    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
    Yes
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Tiguan)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 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 2025061679596 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 2025.