Unitary authority · England
Cheshire West and Chester road collision data
Between 2021 and 2025, the police recorded 2,615 injury collisions in Cheshire West and Chester's highway authority area, 553 of them fatal or serious. These are the published STATS19 figures, which also include motorways and trunk roads in the area.
- Injury collisions
- 2,615
- 2021–2025
- Casualties
- 3,296
- People injured or killed
- Fatal collisions
- 44
- 509 serious, 2,062 slight
- Vulnerable road users
- 50%
- of people killed or seriously injured
Collisions by year and severity
In 2025, Cheshire West and Chester recorded 132 fatal or serious collisions, 19% above its average of 111 a year over 2021–2025.
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total | Casualties | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 102 | 417 | 524 | 646 |
107
|
| 2022 | 4 | 86 | 471 | 561 | 707 |
90
|
| 2023 | 8 | 88 | 400 | 496 | 645 |
96
|
| 2024 | 18 | 110 | 384 | 512 | 628 |
128
|
| 2025 | 9 | 123 | 390 | 522 | 670 |
132
|
| 2021–2025 | 44 | 509 | 2,062 | 2,615 | 3,296 | 553 |
Casualties by road user
3,296 people were hurt in these collisions: 46 killed, 572 seriously injured and 2,678 slightly injured. Pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists made up 50% of those killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Casualties | Share | Killed or seriously injured | Share of KSI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 352 | 10.7% | 80 | 12.9% |
| Pedal cyclists | 419 | 12.7% | 73 | 11.8% |
| Motorcyclists | 388 | 11.8% | 159 | 25.7% |
| All road users | 3,296 | 100% | 618 | 100% |
Roads with the most collisions
Classified roads in Cheshire West and Chester, by injury collisions recorded on them in 2021–2025.
- A41 168 collisions · 36 fatal or serious
- A54 114 collisions · 33 fatal or serious
- A56 98 collisions · 20 fatal or serious
- M56 87 collisions · 17 fatal or serious
- A556 83 collisions · 22 fatal or serious
- A51 74 collisions · 14 fatal or serious
- B5132 72 collisions · 14 fatal or serious
- A540 71 collisions · 18 fatal or serious
- A49 68 collisions · 16 fatal or serious
- A559 67 collisions · 19 fatal or serious
Areas within Cheshire West and Chester
Area pages with maps, hotspots and every collision, by collisions in 2021–2025.
How to get a formal collision extract from Cheshire West and Chester
The council's road safety or traffic team holds the full police records for its area. A formal extract can add what the published data leaves out: contributory factors, the officer's description of each collision and the current year's provisional records. Developers, consultants and solicitors usually pay for it.
Check Cheshire West and Chester's website for current fees, or contact its road safety team. Councils usually charge for extracts and send a quote before they start.
Source: Department for Transport road safety data (STATS19), 2021–2025, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Collisions are counted against the local highway authority area recorded by the police. Casualty severities are as recorded at the time and are not adjusted.