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Littleborough road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 997 road traffic collisions in Littleborough, Rochdale, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,316 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 142 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
997
753rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,316
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
14
14 people killed
Serious collisions
142
159 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Littleborough

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal141.4%
  • Serious14214%
  • Slight84184%

What the data shows

  • Littleborough had 77 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 145 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Littleborough were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 255 children under 16 were killed or injured in Littleborough, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Littleborough.

Where Littleborough ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
753rd
Most casualties
724th
Most fatal collisions
669th
Most serious collisions
897th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday143 (14%)
  • Tuesday129 (13%)
  • Wednesday140 (14%)
  • Thursday151 (15%)
  • Friday175 (18%)
  • Saturday135 (14%)
  • Sunday124 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight717 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit258 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway936 (94%)
  • Roundabout19 (1.9%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (1.4%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded25 (2.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph948 (95%)
  • 40 mph19 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph28 (2.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds742 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds180 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds26 (2.6%)
  • Fine with high winds19 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.2%)
  • Other7 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant678 (52%)
  • Pedestrian320 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist138 (10%)
  • Cyclist107 (8.1%)
  • Van occupant33 (2.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant21 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Littleborough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Littleborough, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Littleborough peaked at 38 in 1997; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025910
202469
2023610
2022611
20211013
202045
201977
2018812
20171113
20161014
2015611
20141925
201344
2012915
20111518
20101220
20091318
20082028
20072028
20062732
20052537
20042840
20033647
20023453
20013134
20003042
19993038
19982743
19973858
19962732
19952436
19943642
19932635
19922640
19912733
19902232
19891720
19883141
19873845
19863036
19852527
19842629
19833540
19822738
19812633
19802629
19792733

Map of recent crashes in Littleborough

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Littleborough

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Littleborough

The 24 most recent collisions in Littleborough happened between 14 October 2022 and 6 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Littleborough

The A58 has the most collisions in Littleborough, 402 of 997 (40%), followed by the B6225 (114).

Collisions in Littleborough on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA58402549758
2ndB6225114162218
3rdA603390130410

Council area for Littleborough

Littleborough is in Rochdale, where police recorded 30,886 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Littleborough accounts for 3.2% of them.

Postcode districts in Littleborough

Collisions in Littleborough were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by OL15 (987) and OL16 (10).