Overview

• Bolton Coroner’s Office confirmed the victim as 38-year-old Peter Wood and is preparing a file for HM Coroner procedures.
• Floral tributes and emotional messages have been placed at Red Rock Lane, marking the spot where Wood was found with serious injuries.
• Greater Manchester Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit has urged anyone with dashcam footage or who witnessed the incident to contact them quoting incident number 3929-11/08/25.
• Police say no other vehicles are believed to have been involved in the single-vehicle crash that left Wood unconscious before he later died in hospital.
• Specialist officers continue to provide support to Wood’s family as collision inquiries and coroner review proceed.