Five injured in crash in Stoneclough Road

9:18am Friday 15th March 2013 in Local Photograph of the Author By Jessica Bell, Health reporter

A MAN is in a critical condition and two women are in hospital after a head-on car crash in Ringley.


Five people, including two children, were injured in the two-car crash, which happened at 8pm, on Thursday, March 14, in Stoneclough Road.


Firefighters from Bolton Central and Farnworth attended the scene and cut the two women from a Ford Galaxy.


It is believed the Ford Galaxy crashed head-on into a BMW travelling in the opposite direction.


The women, aged in their 40s and 60s who were travelling in the Ford Galaxy, were both taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital with leg and back injuries.


The two children, aged 12 and nine, who were also in the Ford Galaxy, were taken to hospital with minor injuries.


The 32-year-old male driver of the BMW was taken to the Salford Royal Hospital with head, back and leg injuries and is in a critical condition.


Police are investigating the incident .

Comments(24)

phllipknight0@aol.com says...
10:52am Fri 15 Mar 13

My wife went to a council meeting to ask about speed control in Ringley. (Ringley Road, Market Street & Stoneclough Road is one road) When i have stuck the 30mph cars have overtaken me. Cars are travelling at 60+ mph on this road. We need speed cameras here asap. This is the fifth accident in two weeks we are seeing several accidents per month, on Saturday someone drove into the large sign only 100 feet from thsi accident.It is only going to egt worse getting. We have feared someone is going to be killed. It should be 30mph all along the road no 40 mph but we still need cameras to slow down the racers. Council please act now, forget the budgets and stats on average speeds. Yes most people are usinig the road well but a godo percentage are going well above the speed limit. I was talking to a PC at the scene and a car pulled up at speed, pbviouly going so fast he didnt see the numerous flshing light, bollard and police cars, he was going too fast to react.

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phllipknight0@aol.com says...
11:06am Fri 15 Mar 13

PS. Council notes say there has been no accidents since 2004? What????

Oh and the bus stop and fence was wiped out recently, amazing how quick the new fence and bus stop went up. What would have happended if there was a dozen school children stood there at the time?

Slow Down...... Council, slow them down.

Our friend was sat in her car a week ago on Ringley Raod and car drove into the rear of her car, she had to be cut out of the car. The police it seems have told the Council the they have attended too many incidents here and speed control is needed.!!

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jb0161 says...
12:31pm Fri 15 Mar 13

We all know what kind of people race BMW's We find them filling our rear view mirrors very often! My car was stolen not to long back and was involved in a crash, Think this area is going down hill. all the best to the innocent party which im 99.9999% sure are the children and the women! wish no luck at all to the guilty party, SLOW DOWN!

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Wolfie190 says...
12:47pm Fri 15 Mar 13

jb0161 wrote:
We all know what kind of people race BMW's We find them filling our rear view mirrors very often! My car was stolen not to long back and was involved in a crash, Think this area is going down hill. all the best to the innocent party which im 99.9999% sure are the children and the women! wish no luck at all to the guilty party, SLOW DOWN!
Or the two women could have been discussing last nights TV or where they're going on holiday and completely forgot they were driving ?

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cliff4treasurer says...
1:02pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Don't forget the makeup,tuning the radio,clutching the steering wheel so it doesn't fall off,lighting a fag,remonstrating with the kids,passing them toffees to keep them quiet,comparing there partners and laughing so hard there eyes fillled with tears ,need i continue.
But then the BMW is more likely to be at fault ? Who knows i wasn;t there and neither where you?

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Wolfie190 says...
1:41pm Fri 15 Mar 13

As a biker I know one thing and thats two women talking while one is driving is far more dangerous than Black ice and Diesel spillage on roundabouts oh add young girls texting and driving to that.

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jb0161 says...
1:42pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Hey no time to make fun of the opposite sex jus couse they dont tickle your fancy! you must have fond memories of a former BMW! Think of the children you hartless tasteless ****

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Wolfie190 says...
1:51pm Fri 15 Mar 13

jb0161 wrote:
Hey no time to make fun of the opposite sex jus couse they dont tickle your fancy! you must have fond memories of a former BMW! Think of the children you hartless tasteless ****
You sound a bit dumb boyo and if like the article says the Galaxy crashed into the BMW I think the woman driving should have thought more about her kids and concentrated on her driving. we dont know the full story I'm just answering you.

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leighshut says...
1:58pm Fri 15 Mar 13

I live on Market Street and we can hear the speed of some of the drivers/motorcyclist
s driving past; unbelieveable. I do hope the people involved in the accident are ok but I do feel that people do need to slow down when driving through our village.

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buckfuzzby says...
4:57pm Fri 15 Mar 13

jb0161 wrote:
We all know what kind of people race BMW's We find them filling our rear view mirrors very often! My car was stolen not to long back and was involved in a crash, Think this area is going down hill. all the best to the innocent party which im 99.9999% sure are the children and the women! wish no luck at all to the guilty party, SLOW DOWN!
jumping the gun here a bit I think, or do you know something about this incident? if not, it's not wise to tar everyone with the same brush.

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jonnyjay123 says...
5:11pm Fri 15 Mar 13

i live directly facing the bridge were this happended yesterday and it was the BMW on the wrong side of road overtaking a car and crashed head on into the two women driving on the right side of the road.

i hope this clears up any doubts

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mb63 says...
8:16pm Fri 15 Mar 13

My M8's wife and kids were in the Galaxy, along with her Mother.
They were driving correctly on the correct side of the road, and the C*ck in the BMW tried to overtake a slow moving car and hit them head-on!

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Bob Shaftoe says...
8:37pm Fri 15 Mar 13

mb63 wrote:
My M8's wife and kids were in the Galaxy, along with her Mother.
They were driving correctly on the correct side of the road, and the C*ck in the BMW tried to overtake a slow moving car and hit them head-on!
Well that should shut them up.
What morons some people are.
Hope all the Galaxy passengers are safe.

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davoovad says...
9:28pm Fri 15 Mar 13

phllipknight0@aol.co
m wrote:
My wife went to a council meeting to ask about speed control in Ringley. (Ringley Road, Market Street & Stoneclough Road is one road) When i have stuck the 30mph cars have overtaken me. Cars are travelling at 60+ mph on this road. We need speed cameras here asap. This is the fifth accident in two weeks we are seeing several accidents per month, on Saturday someone drove into the large sign only 100 feet from thsi accident.It is only going to egt worse getting. We have feared someone is going to be killed. It should be 30mph all along the road no 40 mph but we still need cameras to slow down the racers. Council please act now, forget the budgets and stats on average speeds. Yes most people are usinig the road well but a godo percentage are going well above the speed limit. I was talking to a PC at the scene and a car pulled up at speed, pbviouly going so fast he didnt see the numerous flshing light, bollard and police cars, he was going too fast to react.
Speed cameras , no thanks !!!!!!

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SEC@1308 says...
9:56pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Hi I am a member of the family of the four that was in the ford galaxy involved in the crash . I wish people would not post such utter rubbish on these sites until you NO the full story and of what is the truth and keep you comments to yourself and never believe what you read elsewhere as you will all see when the real story comes out and thank you to the friend of our family on your post on here tonight xxxxx

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biglad44 says...
5:35pm Sat 16 Mar 13

I live in stoneclough and I'm fed up of idiots driving well over the speed limit on the wrong side of the road we need the police to nail them and keep on at the speeders unit they are banned from driving get the idiots in the bus job well done.

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Sparkle47 says...
3:09pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Why would anyone have a problem with speed cameras? If you don't speed then you won't get caught. It's not like they go off at 31 mph. Most 30mph limit cameras are set to at least 35mph or even 40 mph.

If you obey the law, you won't ever have a problem with them.

Speed cameras when used in the correct locations can save lives.

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hoboh2o says...
7:40pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Speed in built up areas is a real problem the average speed of people in 30 zones tends to be about 40mph these days. The roads where this incident took place are not very wide and there are potential multiple hazards all along it none more so than the turn off to Prestolee, at times this is so bad it should merit traffic signals.

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Comment777 says...
8:17pm Sun 17 Mar 13

What is it that the initials BMW stand for????

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LittleMissCritic says...
10:29pm Sun 17 Mar 13

To get your story straight before publishing it. I am a witness of the accident. The uninsured driver of the STOLEN Bmw was speeding, overtook a car and lost control. He then hit the Galaxy head on which has affected the lives of 4 innocent victims. The two front mother and daughter now need majour surgery to repair broken bones. One of the grandaughters did break bones so the idiotic Bmw driver has ruined the lives of the four people in the Galaxy their familiy and friends.
We wish all of the people in the Galaxy a speedy recovery

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biglad44 says...
9:03am Mon 18 Mar 13

It's always the same story decent people's lives affected by the actions of some low life I wish the family a speedy recovery. The lad in the BMW if it was stolen will get a slap on the wrist and sent on a holiday by the courts.

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Sickandtiredoffit says...
9:36am Mon 18 Mar 13

Ringley has been blighted by boy racers stolen cars and off road bikes for years speed cameras wont stop stolen or off roaders thrashing around the village we need a police car to come down from farnworth a couple of days a week to deter the speeders and catch the illegal bikes and hopefully stolen cars its not hard they thrash it down to the garden centre every other night and the bikes every weekend dodging walkers horseriders

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biglad44 says...
9:48am Mon 18 Mar 13

Stoneclough,Prestole
e, and Ringley always seem to be forgotten we need more police and beat bobbies.

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boltonnut says...
1:03pm Tue 19 Mar 13

It's not the type of gun that kills people,it's the a$$hole pulling the trigger.This particular a$$hole happened to have an expensive gun,it's not the cars fault.100 quid fine at 2 quid a month,2 months jail time,suspended of course.Just my cynical estimate.

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