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Great Lever, Bolton, BL3 3AY area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 223 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Great Lever ward, Bolton, from 2001 to 2025, with 271 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 25 were serious.

In 2025 there were 3 collisions here, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
223
3,773rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
271
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
3
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the BL3 3AY hotspot

27 of the 223 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.9%
  • Serious2511%
  • Slight19688%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
28
Slightly injured
241
All casualties
271

Accidents by year at the BL3 3AY hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 24 in 2001, against an average of 8.9 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BL3 3AY hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202456
202333
202269
202144
202056
2019910
2018911
20171012
201699
201547
201433
2013810
201289
2011812
201066
2009910
20081216
20071115
200688
20051516
20041114
20031418
20021925
20012429

Map of crashes at the BL3 3AY hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BL3 3AY.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Great Lever, Bolton, BL3 3AY area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BL3 3AY hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Great Lever
Council area
Bolton
Nearest postcode to the centre
BL3 3AY
Postcode district
BL3
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.5592, -2.4427
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
5 December 2025
Rank by collisions
3,773rd of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the BL3 3AY hotspot

219 of the 223 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Bolton, Bolton.

Accident hotspots near BL3 3AY

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Rumworth, Bolton, BL3 5LS area, 1.1 km away, with 841 collisions.

All 223 crashes at the BL3 3AY hotspot

Newest first, from 24 January 2001 to 5 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year