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Oldham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 31,504 road traffic collisions in Oldham from 1979 to 2025, and 42,403 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 385 were fatal and 4,136 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 199 collisions, down 8% on 2024 (216), and casualties fell from 290 to 249.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
31,504
89th highest of 351 areas
Casualties
42,403
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
385
1.2% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
199
Down 8% on 2024

Crash severity in Oldham

1.2% of collisions in Oldham from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 13% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal3851.2%
  • Serious4,13613%
  • Slight26,98386%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal4101%
  • Serious4,55111%
  • Slight37,44288%

Oldham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Oldham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 1,029 in 1994. In 2025 there were 199, down 8% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 199
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025199249
2024216290
2023207268
2022199270
2021234311
2020198280
2019315453
2018308427
2017344494
2016251346
2015289406
2014367547
2013334513
2012333464
2011449664
2010433653
2009471695
2008577864
2007626882
20067161,052
20057521,081
20048141,139
20037501,037
20027501,020
20018781,265
20009121,258
19998821,253
19989431,346
19979851,374
19969681,311
19951,0281,373
19941,0291,437
19939561,253
19921,0241,306
19919981,289
19901,0261,332
19891,0021,254
19889161,176
19878671,127
19869121,102
1985800976
19849171,126
19838251,004
19828611,120
19818481,031
19809161,174
19798791,111

When and where crashes happen in Oldham

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday4,455 (14%)
  • Tuesday4,300 (14%)
  • Wednesday4,569 (15%)
  • Thursday4,748 (15%)
  • Friday5,362 (17%)
  • Saturday4,497 (14%)
  • Sunday3,573 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:591,206 (3.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59357 (1.1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:593,300 (10%)
  • 09:00 to 11:593,764 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:595,624 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:598,655 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:595,530 (18%)
  • 21:00 to 23:593,068 (9.7%)

Collisions by month

  • January2,552 (8.1%)
  • February2,266 (7.2%)
  • March2,537 (8.1%)
  • April2,456 (7.8%)
  • May2,665 (8.5%)
  • June2,585 (8.2%)
  • July2,655 (8.4%)
  • August2,693 (8.5%)
  • September2,608 (8.3%)
  • October2,846 (9%)
  • November2,905 (9.2%)
  • December2,736 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight22,511 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit8,154 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting415 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown298 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit126 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds24,441 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds4,968 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds572 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds464 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds236 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist124 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds108 (0.3%)
  • Other222 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded369 (1.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry19,125 (61%)
  • Wet or damp11,491 (36%)
  • Frost or ice561 (1.8%)
  • Snow245 (0.8%)
  • Oil or diesel23 (0.1%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep15 (under 0.1%)
  • Mud2 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded42 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph4 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph398 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph27,164 (86%)
  • 40 mph2,522 (8%)
  • 50 mph413 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph704 (2.2%)
  • 70 mph298 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway25,248 (80%)
  • Dual carriageway3,906 (12%)
  • Roundabout1,018 (3.2%)
  • One way street or slip road714 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded618 (2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Oldham

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant23,176 (55%)
  • Pedestrian10,155 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist3,062 (7.2%)
  • Cyclist2,587 (6.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1,511 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant953 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant431 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant185 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant153 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)148 (0.3%)
  • Other32 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded10 (under 0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51,885 (4.4%)
  • 6 to 103,303 (7.8%)
  • 11 to 153,642 (8.6%)
  • 16 to 206,449 (15%)
  • 21 to 255,159 (12%)
  • 26 to 357,879 (19%)
  • 36 to 455,403 (13%)
  • 46 to 553,648 (8.6%)
  • 56 to 652,356 (5.6%)
  • 66 to 751,569 (3.7%)
  • Over 751,063 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded47 (0.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider20,453 (48%)
  • Passenger11,795 (28%)
  • Pedestrian10,155 (24%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car41,054 (76%)
  • Motorcycle3,191 (5.9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes2,683 (5%)
  • Pedal cycle2,645 (4.9%)
  • Bus or coach1,648 (3.1%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes1,196 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car643 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle440 (0.8%)
  • Minibus203 (0.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle18 (under 0.1%)
  • Other39 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded17 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Oldham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Oldham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Oldham ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Oldham had the 89th most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
89th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
90th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
138th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
Joint 156th
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
86thBexley31,80339,7292734,920
87thWarrington31,78643,3154174,520
88thEast Suffolk31,55242,0305086,583
89thOldham (this area)31,50442,4033854,136
90thMilton Keynes31,26244,4345024,425
91stBarnsley31,16342,5985555,380
92ndGuildford31,03242,8473865,164

Accident hotspots in Oldham

Coldhurst, Oldham, OL1 1BA area is the busiest accident hotspot in Oldham, with 1,276 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 9 of them fatal.

Roads in Oldham with the most crashes

The A62 had the most collisions in Oldham from 1979 to 2025: 3,672, including 65 fatal and 480 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Oldham, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA623,6725,10165480
2ndA6632,4093,44043282
3rdA6272,0472,84531253
4thA6691,9832,78637261
5thB61941,6712,27514235
6thA6711,3021,79216147
7thA61041,0201,36512139
8thA6727721,17920135
9thA6048509709166
10thA670411561778
11thB6477380473239
12thB6195342447461
13thB6189323401444
14thA635304505859
15thB6190207301131
16thA6052206321547
17thB6192206293020
18thB6191203239120
19thA627(M)194316720
20thB6393164257329

Towns in Oldham

Oldham itself had the most collisions of any town in the area from 1979 to 2025: 14,743.

Postcode districts in Oldham

OL9 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Oldham from 1979 to 2025: 6,222.

Latest crashes in Oldham

Of the latest 24 crashes in Oldham, 1 was fatal and 6 were serious. The most recent was on 25 December 2025.

Severity