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Hulton, Bolton, BL5 1AL area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
100
7,940th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
143
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
1
6 in 2024

Crash severity at the BL5 1AL hotspot

10 of the 100 collisions here (10%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal11%
  • Serious99%
  • Slight9090%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
9
Slightly injured
133
All casualties
143

Accidents by year at the BL5 1AL hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 12 in 2003, against an average of 4.0 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BL5 1AL hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
2024611
202323
202244
202122
202033
201923
201833
201746
201659
201522
201457
201323
201211
201122
201022
2009910
200844
2007610
200658
200538
2004811
20031219
200236
200145

Map of crashes at the BL5 1AL hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BL5 1AL.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Hulton, Bolton, BL5 1AL area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BL5 1AL 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
Hulton
Council area
Bolton
Nearest postcode to the centre
BL5 1AL
Postcode district
BL5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.54687, -2.44357
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
2 January 2025
Rank by collisions
7,940th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BL5 1AL hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the M61, with 38 of 100, followed by the B6199 with 29.

Collisions at the BL5 1AL hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM61385301
2ndB6199294516
3rdA64701
4thA60531100

Towns near the BL5 1AL hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Farnworth had the most collisions, 21 of 100.

All 100 crashes at the BL5 1AL hotspot

Newest first, from 9 January 2001 to 2 January 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year