{"id":984681,"date":"2026-05-25T22:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/984681\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T22:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:48:19","slug":"road-taped-off-in-oldham-after-car-dramatically-flipped-onto-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/984681\/","title":{"rendered":"Road taped off in Oldham after car dramatically flipped onto roof"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency services were called to reports of an &#8216;upturned car&#8217;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emergency services were called to reports of an 'upturned car'\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_JH_MEN_250526_CHADDERTON.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Emergency services were called to reports of an 'upturned car'\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Emergency services were called to reports of an &#8216;upturned car'(Image: ASP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A road was taped off in Oldham on Monday night (May 25) after a car was flipped onto its roof in a dramatic crash. Police and fire crews cordoned off the area on Butler Green in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/chadderton\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Chadderton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It followed reports of an &#8216;upturned car&#8217; shortly after 7pm. The grey vehicle was seen having landed on its roof and had suffered severe damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Crews from the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service worked alongside <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> and paramedics. A cordon was put in place before the vehicle was then recovered from the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a aria-label=\"Click hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b8052254-66af-41f3-9dae-7bbb0e3391c6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">No further details have been confirmed by Greater Manchester Police. One witness on social media described the road as &#8216;absolutely chaotic&#8217;, with temporary work lights also causing traffic issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said: \u201cShortly after 7:11pm this evening (Monday 25 May), a fire engine from Hollins fire station was called to reports of an upturned car on Coalshaw Green Road in Chadderton, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/oldham\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Oldham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The road was cordoned off \" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_JH_MEN_250526_CHADDERTON_02jpeg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The road was cordoned off \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The road was cordoned off (Image: ASP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cCrews arrived quickly at the scene and worked alongside colleagues from Greater Manchester Police and North West Ambulance Service to make the safe. Firefighters were in attendance for around 35 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services were called to reports of an &#8216;upturned car&#8217; Emergency services were called to reports of an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":984682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,2268,393,4884,2465,1286,16,15],"class_list":["post-984681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-chadderton","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-oldham","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116637658465928685","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984681","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=984681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/984682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=984681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=984681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}