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A6060 crash in Rochdale on 15 March 1979 at 08:40 involving a van

A van crashed on the A6060 in Rochdale at 08:40 on Thursday 15 March 1979. All eleven casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Mar 1979
Thursday, 08:40
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
11
11 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61433, longitude -2.16624, in the OL12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rochdale.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197906P000520
Council area
Rochdale
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6060
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
6060

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (11)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 197906P000520 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rochdale road accident statistics for 1979.