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Smithills, Bolton, BL1 7NY area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 62 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Smithills ward, Bolton, from 2001 to 2025, with 104 casualties. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 5 were serious.

In 2025 there was 1 collision here, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
62
11,892nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
104
1.68 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
7 people killed
Collisions in 2025
1
3 in 2024

Crash severity at the BL1 7NY hotspot

10 of the 62 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal58.1%
  • Serious58.1%
  • Slight5284%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
7
Seriously injured
8
Slightly injured
89
All casualties
104

Accidents by year at the BL1 7NY hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 8 in 2003, against an average of 2.5 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BL1 7NY hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202439
202300
202211
202122
202012
201924
201800
201722
201612
201512
201400
201327
201222
201126
201033
200922
200822
200722
200622
200558
2004611
200389
200246
2001818

Map of crashes at the BL1 7NY hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BL1 7NY.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Smithills, Bolton, BL1 7NY area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BL1 7NY 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
Smithills
Council area
Bolton
Nearest postcode to the centre
BL1 7NY
Postcode district
BL1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.61305, -2.46651
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
22 of 25
Latest collision
22 December 2025
Rank by collisions
11,892nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BL1 7NY hotspot

1 of the 62 collisions at this hotspot was on the A675.

Collisions at the BL1 7NY hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6751200

Accident hotspots near BL1 7NY

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9ES area, 2.2 km away, with 69 collisions.

All 62 crashes at the BL1 7NY hotspot

Newest first, from 6 April 2001 to 22 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year