A640 crash in Rochdale on 15 December 2006 at 13:50 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a Jaguar X Type were involved in a crash on the A640 in Rochdale at 13:50 on Friday 15 December 2006. The 56-year-old female driver of the Jaguar X Type was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2006
- Friday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and Jaguar X Type
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61411, longitude -2.11923, in the OL16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Milnrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Milnrow & Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3UX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rochdale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200606P063501
- Council area
- Rochdale
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 52 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 May 2020.
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A640 in Rochdale, 27 May 2020
52 m awayRef 202006P271894
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A640 in Rochdale, 26 March 2005
71 m awayRef 200506P923586
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A640 in Rochdale, 16 September 1994
71 m awayRef 199406P122794
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on an unclassified road in Rochdale, 22 December 2016
99 m awayRef 201606P025075
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A640 in Rochdale, 24 September 2023
101 m awayRef 2023061355646
Slight
Suzuki SX4 crash on an unclassified road in Rochdale, 15 November 2018
108 m awayRef 201806P250752
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Jaguar X Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,099 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Jaguar X Type)
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 200606P063501 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 2006.