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Fatal A58 crash in Rochdale on 12 December 2016 at 22:49 involving a Seat Ibiza

A Seat Ibiza crashed on the A58 in Rochdale at 22:49 on Monday 12 December 2016. A 25-year-old male passenger was killed and the 22-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Dec 2016
Monday, 22:49
Vehicles
1
Seat Ibiza
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.60255, longitude -2.18924, in the OL11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rochdale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castleton, Rochdale, OL11 3HQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201606P024085
Council area
Rochdale
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
58
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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,422 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

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 201606P024085 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 2016.