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Oldham had the highest number of road deaths in all of Greater Manchester last year, with a total of eight across the borough.

Despite this figure, it recorded just over a quarter of the total number of serious injuries recorded on roads in Manchester: 68 versus 259.

Manchester recorded the highest number of casualties in the region with a total of 892.

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It also registered seven road deaths, a figure equalled by the boroughs of Rochdale and Bolton.

New Department for Transport figures show that the total number of deaths on British roads last year was 1,602, down by 1% on 2023.

Some 29,467 people were killed or seriously injured, also a 1% fall from 2023, while there were 128,272 casualties in total, a 4% fa

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