Road crashes in Oldham

11,723 recorded collisions since 2000.

Oldham has recorded 11,723 road collisions since 2000, 131 of them fatal and 1,479 causing serious injury. That makes it the 104th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 14% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 11.2 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 76% since 2000, from 912 to 216 in 2024. The A62 is the most affected road locally, with 1,320 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.