Deane Road crash near Bolton colleges and university

The crash happened just before 6pm and involved two cars on Deane Road near the education zone.

Police and ambulance were called to the scene.

The road remained open, although it caused congestion in the already busy area.

Deane Road has been the scene of a number of crashes.

Although the cause of this smash is not known and subject to an investigation, there have been a number of operations and campaigns to tackle the number of crashes in the area.

This includes proactive police operations, including monitoring speed.

It was the centre of a hard-hitting campaign, ‘No more flowers’, last summer.

No More Flowers is a campaign to end deaths on the region’s roads, and a powerful installation was placed on the road where there have been a number of crashes in the area.

The campaign, targeted roads across Greater Manchester aims to highlight the harm that speeding can cause.

The display of “154” reflects the number of people across Greater Manchester killed or seriously injured by speeding between 2020 and 2023.

Of these, seven people were killed on the roads in Bolton in 2023 and nine people in 2022.

Pictures by Phil Taylor