Revealed, the most dangerous crossings
TWO pedestrians have been killed on Manchester’s most dangerous crossing in recent years.
The crossing, which is on Princess Road outside Asda, saw two pedestrians killed on it between 2013 and 2017, according to police accident reports.
A crossing in Deane Road, near Balshaw Close, in Bolton, saw three pedestrians seriously injured between 2013 and 2017.
There were a further eight crossings in Greater Manchester where two pedestrians have been seriously injured between 2013 and 2017. These are: Bolton Road, near Cecil Street, in Worsley, where two pedestrians also received slight injuries
Trinity Street junction with Thynne Street, in Bolton
Bradford Street, near Bradford Street Park, in Bolton
Halliwell Road, near Moss Bank Way, in Bolton
Manchester Road, near Selborne Road, Chorlton
John Dalton Street, near Albert Square, Manchester
Rochdale Road, by Royton Library, in Royton, Oldham
St Mary’s Way, near New Bridge Lane, in Stockport
Serious injuries included broken bones, deep wounds, chest injuries or loss of limbs, while slight injuries included cuts, bruises, whiplash and shock.
A new system introduced in 2016 made classifying injuries clearer, and as such serious injuries may have been classified as slight in the past.
Across Greater Manchester, there was further two crossings where three pedestrians have received slight injuries in collisions between 2013 and 2017, and 27 where two pedestrians were slightly injured. In 2017, 3,751 pedestrians were injured on crossings across Britain, the highest number since records began in 2005, and up from 3,695 casualties in 2016.
The statistics relate only to personal injury accidents on public roads that are reported to the police, and subsequently recorded, using the STATS19 accident reporting form.
So overall numbers of incidents at crossings may be higher, as incidents that have not been reported and those where there were no injuries and near misses are not included.
Pedestrians are most likely to be injured in collisions with cars on crossings – 2,651 casualties in 2017, followed by motorcycles, 266 casualties, and taxis, 208 casualties.
Collisions involving buses and coaches led to 187 pedestrian casualties, collisions with vans led to 175 and collisions with cyclists led to 127.