A669 crash in Oldham on 17 March 2025 at 14:10 involving a Seat Ibiza
A Seat Ibiza and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A669 in Oldham at 14:10 on Monday 17 March 2025. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 32-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Mar 2025
- Monday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Ibiza and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54285, longitude -2.0976, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025061565953
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6194
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2010.
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the A669 in Oldham, 7 December 2010
20 m awayRef 201006Q039816
Slight
BMW M5 crash on the A669 in Oldham, 30 December 2008
20 m awayRef 200806Q008170
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A669 in Oldham, 19 January 2008
20 m awayRef 200806Q087253
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A669 in Oldham, 2 October 2014
27 m awayRef 201406Q092153
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A669 in Oldham, 12 June 2019
28 m awayRef 201906Q157619
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the B6194 in Oldham, 18 July 2017
29 m awayRef 201706Q032899
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2025061565953 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.