MORE than 500 people suffered injuries after collisions on roads in Bolton last year.

Provisional data released by the Department for Transport showed that there were 505 "casualties of all severities" in the town in 2019.

This figure is down 11 per cent from the total in 2018 (567) and 22 per cent from 2017 (646).

The statistics also revealed that six people died after road accidents in Bolton in 2019, which was the same figure recorded in both 2018 and 2017.

Last year there were a total of 77 people who died or were seriously injured in 2019 compared with 101 the previous year.

The Government figures found 76 people were killed or seriously injured on Great Britain's roads every day in 2019, on average.

Across the UK, 1,748 people were killed in 2019 and 25,975 people were seriously injured.

In the week the Government announced a "£2bn cycling and walking revolution", the data highlights that the number of pedestrians and cyclists deaths in 2019 (560) has not improved over the past decade, road safety charity Brake says.

Brake's director of campaigns, Joshua Harris, has called for the Government to tackle road safety after an "appalling stagnation in the number of deaths on our roads".