The latest road casualty statistics for Oldham are a stark reminder that behind every number is a person, a family and a community living with the consequences. This has been an important issue I’ve taken up over the past few years for those reasons.
In 2025, Oldham recorded 3 fatal collisions, 82 fatal or serious collisions, and 199 collisions overall. While the total number of collisions has remained broadly stable over the last three years, the number of people killed or seriously injured has risen from 62 in 2023, to 67 in 2024, and now 82 in 2025. Even when adjusted for traffic levels, the rate of fatal or serious collisions has continued to climb.
This is a deeply worrying trend that demands action and it’s clear much more is needed both to challenge this from within our community and from authorities to ensure enforcement is seen to be effective.
Over the past two years, I’ve repeatedly raised concerns about dangerous driving in Oldham, pressing Greater Manchester Police for tougher enforcement, greater visibility in hotspot areas, more traffic calming measures and speed cameras, and better education for young and new drivers. We have seen targeted enforcement make a difference before, but these figures show we cannot afford to take our foot off the pedal.
Our roads are not racetracks, but too often they are treated as though they are. Every death is one too many, and every serious injury has lifelong consequences.
I’ll continue working with residents, GMP and local partners to make our roads safer, because everyone should be able to travel around Oldham without fearing that someone else’s reckless decision could change their life forever.
Jim McMahon OBE MP 