A669 crash in Oldham on 16 January 2025 at 10:25 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A669 in Oldham at 10:25 on Thursday 16 January 2025. The 34-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Thursday, 10:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53756, longitude -2.06944, in the OL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lees. It is one of the crashes that make up the Saddleworth West & Lees, Oldham, OL4 3LQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Oldham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025061543993
- Council area
- Oldham
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
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
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2009.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A669 in Oldham, 28 January 2009
9 m awayRef 200906Q009589
Slight
Fiat Cinquecento crash on the A669 in Oldham, 26 November 2003
9 m awayRef 200306Q012854
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A669 in Oldham, 26 January 1999
17 m awayRef 199906Q352799
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A669 in Oldham, 26 May 2007
25 m awayRef 200706Q072888
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Oldham, 24 May 1989
48 m awayRef 198906Q135189
Serious
Car crash on the A669 in Oldham, 12 December 1979
48 m awayRef 197906Q002542
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025061543993 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 2025.