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Uppermill road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 702 road traffic collisions in Uppermill, Oldham, from 1979 to 2025, and 970 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 18 were fatal and 111 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
702
943rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
970
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
18
19 people killed
Serious collisions
111
127 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Uppermill

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal182.6%
  • Serious11116%
  • Slight57382%

What the data shows

  • Uppermill had 57 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 97 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Uppermill were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 140 children under 16 were killed or injured in Uppermill, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Uppermill.

Where Uppermill ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
943rd
Most casualties
897th
Most fatal collisions
536th
Most serious collisions
1,068th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday84 (12%)
  • Tuesday90 (13%)
  • Wednesday96 (14%)
  • Thursday91 (13%)
  • Friday101 (14%)
  • Saturday114 (16%)
  • Sunday126 (18%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight476 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit216 (31%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway663 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (2%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (0.7%)
  • Roundabout5 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded15 (2.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph517 (74%)
  • 40 mph168 (24%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph11 (1.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds551 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds102 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other7 (1%)
  • Not recorded7 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant530 (55%)
  • Pedestrian200 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist97 (10%)
  • Cyclist73 (7.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant33 (3.4%)
  • Van occupant23 (2.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider3 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Uppermill road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Uppermill, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Uppermill peaked at 31 in 2005; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202568
202445
202355
202277
202145
202022
20191114
2018810
201767
201648
201546
201469
20131220
2012912
2011510
20101115
2009814
20081221
20071522
20061516
20053141
20042129
20031317
20021417
20011112
20002132
19992631
19982334
19972749
19961725
19952430
19942029
19932031
19921524
19911621
19901928
19892632
19881521
19871619
19861625
19852636
19843034
19832330
19822233
19811219
19801520
19792935

Map of recent crashes in Uppermill

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Uppermill

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Uppermill

The 24 most recent collisions in Uppermill happened between 29 July 2021 and 8 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Uppermill

The A670 has the most collisions in Uppermill, 252 of 702 (36%), followed by the A669 (214).

Collisions in Uppermill on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA670252328541
2ndA669214334637
3rdA6355785311
4thB6175131502
5thB61956702
6thA6713700

Council area for Uppermill

Uppermill is in Oldham, where police recorded 31,504 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Uppermill accounts for 2.2% of them.

Postcode districts in Uppermill

Collisions in Uppermill were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by OL3 (514) and OL4 (188).