A671 crash in Rochdale on 23 February 2018 at 15:12 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus, a Vauxhall Agila and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on the A671 in Rochdale at 15:12 on Friday 23 February 2018. The 53-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and the 67-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Agila were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Feb 2018
- Friday, 15:12
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Focus and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.63782, longitude -2.17058, in the OL12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rochdale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Healey, Rochdale, OL12 6EB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rochdale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201806P141060
- Council area
- Rochdale
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 671
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2001.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Rochdale, 16 May 2001
45 m awayRef 200106P007646
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A671 in Rochdale, 20 September 2010
52 m awayRef 201006P037039
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A671 in Rochdale, 16 October 2011
73 m awayRef 201106P052134
Serious
Peugeot 308 crash on the A671 in Rochdale, 7 July 2017
73 m awayRef 201706P032395
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A671 in Rochdale, 2 November 2009
74 m awayRef 200906P023509
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A671 in Rochdale, 18 July 2005
76 m awayRef 200506P030825
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Agila
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Agila)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 201806P141060 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 2018.