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Fatal A627 crash in Oldham on 31 December 2016 at 19:07 involving a Peugeot 807

A Peugeot 807 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A627 in Oldham at 19:07 on Saturday 31 December 2016. A 12-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Peugeot 807 and an 11-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Peugeot 807 were killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
31 Dec 2016
Saturday, 19:07
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 807 and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53126, longitude -2.11363, in the OL8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Medlock Vale, Oldham, OL8 4HB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Oldham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201606Q024757
Council area
Oldham
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
627
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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, 11 metres away, was a fatal crash on 27 July 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 807

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 807)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 807)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    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 201606Q024757 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oldham road accident statistics for 2016.