{"id":608381,"date":"2025-12-02T23:33:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/608381\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T23:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:33:14","slug":"roads-closed-as-crash-leaves-e-bike-rider-dead-and-two-pedestrians-seriously-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/608381\/","title":{"rendered":"Roads closed as crash leaves e-bike rider dead and two pedestrians seriously injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Significant&#8217; road closures are in place<\/p>\n<p>22:51, 02 Dec 2025Updated 23:05, 02 Dec 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Blackley-IncidentJPG.jpg\" alt=\"An e-bike rider has died and two pedestrians have been seriously injured following a crash in Manchester tonight (Tuesday, December 2). The crash has taken place on Rochdale Road in North Manchester.&#10;&#10;The rider, confirmed by police as a male, was pronounced dead at the scene.\u00a0 \u00a0The pedestrians have both been taken to hospital and people are being urged to avoid the area.&#10;&#10;A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: &quot;Officers are dealing with a serious RTC on Rochdale Road in north Manchester between a e-bike rider and two pedestrians. The male e-bike rider has sadly been pronounced dead at the scene, and the two pedestrians have been taken to hospital with serious injuries.&#10;&#10;&quot;While officers continue with their investigations, there will be significant road closures in place. Namely on Rochdale Road, Whitemoss Road and Lionbrow Road. Please avoid the area if you can and find an alternative route.&quot;\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Police at the scene tonight(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">An e-bike rider has died and two pedestrians have been seriously injured following a crash in North Manchester tonight (Tuesday, December 2). The crash has taken place on Rochdale Road, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/blackley\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">The rider, confirmed by police as a male, was pronounced dead at the scene. The pedestrians have both been taken to hospital and people are being urged to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">A significant cordon remains in place on Rochdale Road tonight. Closures are also in place on Whitemoss Road and Lionbrow Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">A <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> spokesperson said: &#8220;Officers are dealing with a serious RTC on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/rochdale\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Rochdale<\/a> Road in north Manchester between a e-bike rider and two pedestrians. The male e-bike rider has sadly been pronounced dead at the scene, and the two pedestrians have been taken to hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;While officers continue with their investigations, there will be significant road closures in place. Namely on Rochdale Road, Whitemoss Road and Lionbrow Road. Please avoid the area if you can and find an alternative route.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Significant&#8217; road closures are in place 22:51, 02 Dec 2025Updated 23:05, 02 Dec 2025 Police at the scene&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[1833,748,393,4884,187,2465,760,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-608381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-blackley","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-greater-manchester-police","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-traffic-and-travel","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115652592147949036","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}