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Lees road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 803 road traffic collisions in Lees, Oldham, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,050 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 118 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
803
876th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,050
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
14
14 people killed
Serious collisions
118
125 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lees

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal141.7%
  • Serious11815%
  • Slight67184%

What the data shows

  • Lees had 63 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 126 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Lees were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 203 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lees, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Lees.

Where Lees ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
876th
Most casualties
857th
Most fatal collisions
669th
Most serious collisions
1,023rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday99 (12%)
  • Tuesday93 (12%)
  • Wednesday141 (18%)
  • Thursday117 (15%)
  • Friday135 (17%)
  • Saturday115 (14%)
  • Sunday103 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight550 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit237 (30%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway765 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (2.4%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (0.6%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded13 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph791 (99%)
  • 40 mph4 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds606 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds135 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (1.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.2%)
  • Other5 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant548 (52%)
  • Pedestrian271 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist109 (10%)
  • Cyclist67 (6.4%)
  • Van occupant20 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant18 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lees road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lees, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Lees peaked at 31 in 2001; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202569
202466
202334
202233
202168
202045
201967
20181112
201799
2016912
20151114
20141013
20131313
2012611
20111417
20101012
20091921
20081215
20072029
20061114
20052226
20041416
20031829
20022026
20013146
20002638
19992739
19982741
19971727
19962934
19952127
19942431
19932128
19922631
19912739
19902331
19892428
19882738
19871826
19861921
19852225
19842629
19832329
19821826
19812227
19802133
19792125

Map of recent crashes in Lees

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lees

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lees

The 24 most recent collisions in Lees happened between 24 March 2021 and 8 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lees

The A669 has the most collisions in Lees, 315 of 803 (39%), followed by the A62 (115).

Collisions in Lees on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA669315409848
2ndA62115162516

Council area for Lees

Lees is in Oldham, where police recorded 31,504 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Lees accounts for 2.5% of them.

Postcode district for Lees

All 803 collisions in Lees were in the OL4 postcode district.