Skip to main content
CrashStats

Delph road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 127 road traffic collisions in Delph, Oldham, from 1979 to 2025, and 162 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 29 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
127
2,505th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
162
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
29
34 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Delph

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.6%
  • Serious2923%
  • Slight9676%

What the data shows

  • Delph had 11 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 19 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Delph were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 22 children under 16 were killed or injured in Delph, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Delph.

Where Delph ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,505th
Most casualties
2,573rd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,370th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday17 (13%)
  • Tuesday22 (17%)
  • Wednesday17 (13%)
  • Thursday17 (13%)
  • Friday22 (17%)
  • Saturday18 (14%)
  • Sunday14 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight104 (82%)
  • Dark, street lights lit18 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (2.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway117 (92%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded8 (6.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph108 (85%)
  • 40 mph8 (6.3%)
  • 60 mph11 (8.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds102 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds18 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant83 (51%)
  • Pedestrian33 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (13%)
  • Cyclist12 (7.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (2.5%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1.2%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Delph road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Delph, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Delph peaked at 7 in 1997; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202422
202300
202200
202111
202012
201934
201822
201711
201600
201522
201411
201322
201211
201122
201011
200922
200856
200724
200611
200555
200445
200347
200255
200112
200035
199911
199833
199777
199623
199511
199446
199355
199256
199124
199047
198947
198811
198755
198667
198511
198433
198357
198246
198157
198044
197937

Map of recent crashes in Delph

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Delph

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Delph

The 24 most recent collisions in Delph happened between 12 September 2008 and 26 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Delph

The A6052 has the most collisions in Delph, 68 of 127 (54%), followed by the A62 (34).

Collisions in Delph on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA60526892216
2ndA62344108
3rdB61974501

Council area for Delph

Delph is in Oldham, where police recorded 31,504 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Delph accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Delph

All 127 collisions in Delph were in the OL3 postcode district.