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Wingates road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 275 road traffic collisions in Wingates, Bolton, from 1979 to 2025, and 342 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 42 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
275
1,637th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
342
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
42
42 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wingates

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.1%
  • Serious4215%
  • Slight23084%

What the data shows

  • Wingates had 30 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 44 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Wingates were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 49 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wingates, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Wingates.

Where Wingates ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,637th
Most casualties
1,683rd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,923rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday38 (14%)
  • Tuesday42 (15%)
  • Wednesday35 (13%)
  • Thursday53 (19%)
  • Friday47 (17%)
  • Saturday29 (11%)
  • Sunday31 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight189 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit72 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (2.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway262 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (2.2%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph159 (58%)
  • 40 mph111 (40%)
  • 60 mph4 (1.5%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds197 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds55 (20%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.9%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other4 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant173 (51%)
  • Pedestrian66 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist52 (15%)
  • Cyclist26 (7.6%)
  • Van occupant9 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wingates road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wingates, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wingates peaked at 12 in 1999; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202322
202244
202122
202047
201945
201845
201733
201667
201512
201422
201322
201257
201155
201033
200957
2008813
200756
2006810
2005811
200489
200389
2002917
2001811
200066
19991216
199879
199757
199678
19951013
19941218
199399
199233
199144
19901013
198956
198844
19871115
198689
198589
198499
1983810
198288
198144
198056
197956

Map of recent crashes in Wingates

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wingates

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wingates

The 24 most recent collisions in Wingates happened between 19 February 2017 and 23 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wingates

The A6 has the most collisions in Wingates, 153 of 275 (56%), followed by the B5236 (57).

Collisions in Wingates on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6153187220
2ndB52365767114

Council area for Wingates

Wingates is in Bolton, where police recorded 41,749 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wingates accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Wingates

All 275 collisions in Wingates were in the BL5 postcode district.