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Serious A669 crash in Oldham on 27 December 2019 at 18:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf taxi

A Volkswagen Golf taxi and two cars were involved in a crash on the A669 in Oldham at 18:15 on Friday 27 December 2019. The 27-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Dec 2019
Friday, 18:15
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53928, longitude -2.08739, in the OL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldham. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Mary's, Oldham, OL4 1JN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Oldham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201906Q166315
Council area
Oldham
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
669
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2014.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Taxi or private hire 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
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: 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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 201906Q166315 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 2019.