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Birch road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 161 road traffic collisions in Birch, Rochdale, from 1979 to 2025, and 269 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 20 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
161
2,181st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
269
1.67 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
20
25 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Birch

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.9%
  • Serious2012%
  • Slight13886%

What the data shows

  • Birch had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 39 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Birch were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 22 children under 16 were killed or injured in Birch, 8.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 52% of collisions in Birch.

Where Birch ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,181st
Most casualties
1,931st
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,720th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday23 (14%)
  • Tuesday22 (14%)
  • Wednesday24 (15%)
  • Thursday24 (15%)
  • Friday30 (19%)
  • Saturday23 (14%)
  • Sunday15 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight114 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit44 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway95 (59%)
  • Dual carriageway61 (38%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph77 (48%)
  • 40 mph13 (8.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph7 (4.3%)
  • 70 mph63 (39%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds115 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds31 (19%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.2%)
  • Other2 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant214 (80%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (4.1%)
  • Van occupant11 (4.1%)
  • Motorcyclist10 (3.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (3%)
  • Cyclist7 (2.6%)
  • Pedestrian5 (1.9%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Birch road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Birch, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Birch peaked at 10 in 2001; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202311
202211
202100
202011
2019410
201823
201735
201635
201537
201447
201337
201237
201127
201033
2009612
2008717
200711
2006712
2005818
200445
200322
200269
20011011
2000815
199968
1998811
19971014
199635
199524
1994210
199313
199211
199135
199045
198922
198846
198723
198612
198522
198433
198311
198200
198134
198057
197945

Map of recent crashes in Birch

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Birch

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Birch

The 24 most recent collisions in Birch happened between 28 January 2014 and 2 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Birch

The A6045 has the most collisions in Birch, 66 of 161 (41%), followed by the M62 (64).

Collisions in Birch on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA604566114110
2ndM626411315

Council area for Birch

Birch is in Rochdale, where police recorded 30,886 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Birch accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Birch

All 161 collisions in Birch were in the OL10 postcode district.