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Serious A640 crash in Rochdale on 21 December 1997 at 13:53 involving an MCW bus

A car and an MCW bus were involved in a crash on the A640 in Rochdale at 13:53 on Sunday 21 December 1997. A 74-year-old female passenger in the MCW bus was seriously injured and a 74-year-old female passenger in the MCW bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1997
Sunday, 13:53
Vehicles
2
Car and MCW
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61426, longitude -2.15369, in the OL16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rochdale.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199706P128097
Council area
Rochdale
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
640
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6223

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: MCW

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,045 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (MCW)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 74, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (MCW)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

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 199706P128097 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 1997.