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Serious C road crash in Rochdale OL10 on 27 December 2003 at 11:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Rochdale at 11:45 on Saturday 27 December 2003. A 77-year-old female pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 was seriously injured and a 62-year-old female pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 was 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
Serious
Date
27 Dec 2003
Saturday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.59049, longitude -2.229, in the OL10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heywood. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Heywood, Rochdale, OL10 1AJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200306P012838
Council area
Rochdale
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Bus stop or bus shelter
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 200306P012838 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 2003.