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Coldhurst, Oldham, OL1 1BA area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,276
206th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,863
1.46 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Collisions in 2025
23
Down 18% on 2024

Crash severity at the OL1 1BA hotspot

115 of the 1,276 collisions here (9%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal90.7%
  • Serious1068.3%
  • Slight1,16191%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
9
Seriously injured
114
Slightly injured
1,740
All casualties
1,863

Accidents by year at the OL1 1BA hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 113 in 2006, against an average of 51 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the OL1 1BA hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 23
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252332
20242842
20232125
20221724
20212841
20202639
20192336
20183559
20173648
20162230
20152427
20143556
20132840
20123748
20115071
20105075
20096088
200885122
200772107
2006113185
200588134
200485127
200392121
200287122
2001111164

Map of crashes at the OL1 1BA hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near OL1 1BA.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Coldhurst, Oldham, OL1 1BA area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the OL1 1BA hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Coldhurst
Council area
Oldham
Nearest postcode to the centre
OL1 1BA
Postcode district
OL1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.53943, -2.11603
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
25 December 2025
Rank by collisions
206th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the OL1 1BA hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A627, with 343 of 1,276, followed by the A62 with 229.

Collisions at the OL1 1BA hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA627343525121
2ndA62229355027
3rdB6477405012
4thA627(M)152400
5thA671131600
6thA669102101

Towns near the OL1 1BA hotspot

1,259 of the 1,276 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Oldham.

All 1,276 crashes at the OL1 1BA hotspot

Newest first, from 4 January 2001 to 25 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year