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Milnrow road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 776 road traffic collisions in Milnrow, Rochdale, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,004 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 96 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
776
891st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,004
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
96
97 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Milnrow

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal70.9%
  • Serious9612%
  • Slight67387%

What the data shows

  • Milnrow had 50 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 105 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in Milnrow were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 240 children under 16 were killed or injured in Milnrow, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Milnrow.

Where Milnrow ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
891st
Most casualties
879th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,170th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday103 (13%)
  • Tuesday89 (11%)
  • Wednesday125 (16%)
  • Thursday117 (15%)
  • Friday143 (18%)
  • Saturday121 (16%)
  • Sunday78 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight552 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit207 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway721 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway27 (3.5%)
  • Roundabout11 (1.4%)
  • One way street or slip road10 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph691 (89%)
  • 40 mph59 (7.6%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph7 (0.9%)
  • 70 mph14 (1.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds609 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds119 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds18 (2.3%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant488 (49%)
  • Pedestrian254 (25%)
  • Cyclist96 (9.6%)
  • Motorcyclist83 (8.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant26 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant19 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant14 (1.4%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Milnrow road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Milnrow, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Milnrow peaked at 36 in 1996; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202444
202337
202222
202166
2020813
201945
20181011
201766
201655
20151012
20141017
201369
201255
201168
20101522
20091118
20081423
20071317
20061515
20052326
20042028
20032833
20022843
20012229
20002325
19992324
19981622
19972134
19963650
19951622
19942836
19932226
19922540
19912434
19901923
19892022
19882230
19871927
19861825
19852528
19843542
19832426
19822226
19811820
19802229
19792227

Map of recent crashes in Milnrow

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Milnrow

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Milnrow

The 24 most recent collisions in Milnrow happened between 16 March 2020 and 10 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Milnrow

The B6225 has the most collisions in Milnrow, 252 of 776 (32%), followed by the A640 (239).

Collisions in Milnrow on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6225252336240
2ndA640239317226
3rdA663121301
4thM62111701

Council area for Milnrow

Milnrow is in Rochdale, where police recorded 30,886 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Milnrow accounts for 2.5% of them.

Postcode district for Milnrow

All 776 collisions in Milnrow were in the OL16 postcode district.