Rail chiefs have launched a hard-hitting TV and radio advertising campaign warning of the dangers of level crossing misuse.
Campaign organisers Network Rail (NR) said hundreds of drivers were dicing with death by ignoring warning signs and lights or weaving round barriers at level crossings.
NR said there had been 13 collisions between road vehicles and trains this year and that Britain was on course for a four-year high total of level crossing incidents unless motorists stopped running the risk.
In the Bolton area there is a level crossing on the Bolton-Blackburn line just north of Bromley Cross station.
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