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A627 crash in Oldham on 23 December 1994 at 06:45 involving a Vauxhall Belmont

A Vauxhall Belmont and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A627 in Oldham at 06:45 on Friday 23 December 1994. The 46-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Belmont was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1994
Friday, 06:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Belmont and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.5344, longitude -2.11613, in the OL8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldham.

Map of where the crash happened in Oldham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199406Q192594
Council area
Oldham
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
627
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Belmont

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)

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 199406Q192594 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oldham road accident statistics for 1994.