Serious A58 crash in Rochdale on 13 October 2023 at 13:57 involving a Renault Twingo
Four vehicles, including a Renault Twingo and a Vauxhall Astra, were involved in a crash on the A58 in Rochdale at 13:57 on Friday 13 October 2023. There were five casualties: three people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Oct 2023
- Friday, 13:57
- Vehicles
- 4
- Renault Twingo and 3 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 3 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.642, longitude -2.10418, in the OL15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Littleborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Littleborough Lakeside, Rochdale, OL15 8BP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rochdale
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023061362625
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2011.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A58 in Rochdale, 23 December 2011
13 m awayRef 201106P055876
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A58 in Rochdale, 18 August 1999
14 m awayRef 199906P004202
Serious
Nissan Almera crash on the A58 in Rochdale, 10 December 2018
17 m awayRef 201806P252542
Slight
Car crash on the A58 in Rochdale, 9 July 2006
20 m awayRef 200606P052933
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A58 in Rochdale, 11 February 2016
29 m awayRef 201606P012242
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A58 in Rochdale, 25 October 1997
30 m awayRef 199706P095597
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Renault Twingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Skoda Kodiaq
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Twingo)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Skoda Kodiaq)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Skoda Kodiaq)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Skoda Kodiaq)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Skoda Kodiaq)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2023061362625 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 2023.