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A640 crash in Rochdale on 19 February 2015 at 13:45 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Hyundai ix35 were involved in a crash on the A640 in Rochdale at 13:45 on Thursday 19 February 2015. A 46-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai ix35 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Feb 2015
Thursday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Hyundai ix35
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.61116, longitude -2.11499, 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
201506P097578
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai ix35

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai ix35)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 201506P097578 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 2015.