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Fatal M62 crash in Rochdale on 29 October 2019 at 17:28 involving a Chevrolet Matiz

A Chevrolet Matiz crashed on the M62 in Rochdale at 17:28 on Tuesday 29 October 2019. The 81-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
29 Oct 2019
Tuesday, 17:28
Vehicles
1
Chevrolet Matiz
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.5685, longitude -2.22855, in the OL10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birch. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Middleton, Rochdale, OL10 2QQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rochdale

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201906XP63785
Council area
Rochdale
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
62
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Road sign or marking defective or obscured
Carriageway hazards
Permanent road signing or markings defective or obscured or inadequate

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 September 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Chevrolet Matiz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet Matiz)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 201906XP63785 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 2019.