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Tameside road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 201 road traffic collisions in Tameside in 2025, and 238 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 63 were serious.

Collisions were down 11% on 2024 (226), and casualties fell from 304.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 27,806 collisions in Tameside.

Collisions in 2025
201
Down 11% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
238
Down 22% on 2024
Fatal collisions
4
2% of collisions
Serious collisions
63
31% of collisions

Crash severity in Tameside in 2025

2% of collisions in Tameside in 2025 were fatal and 31% serious, against 1.2% and 15% in Tameside from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal42%
  • Serious6331%
  • Slight13467%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal41.7%
  • Serious6527%
  • Slight16971%

Tameside road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Tameside, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 965 in 1990. 2025 is highlighted, with 201, down 11% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 201
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025201238
2024226304
2023192243
2022229297
2021200285
2020167219
2019234319
2018289418
2017310426
2016216325
2015238344
2014295413
2013255355
2012313437
2011327436
2010360515
2009454663
2008490659
2007542745
2006546756
2005587805
2004691922
2003638865
2002714953
20017541,031
20008471,171
19997921,065
19988541,181
19978611,193
19968491,176
19958981,202
19948651,145
19939341,213
19928981,200
19918791,152
19909651,290
19898921,090
1988798988
1987784948
1986724857
1985737944
19848621,067
19838351,035
19828531,044
1981786959
1980736914
1979689872

When and where crashes happen in Tameside in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday33 (16%)
  • Tuesday23 (11%)
  • Wednesday25 (12%)
  • Thursday28 (14%)
  • Friday31 (15%)
  • Saturday29 (14%)
  • Sunday32 (16%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:595 (2.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:594 (2%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5921 (10%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5926 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5950 (25%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5953 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5928 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5914 (7%)

Collisions by month

  • January15 (7.5%)
  • February10 (5%)
  • March21 (10%)
  • April7 (3.5%)
  • May27 (13%)
  • June14 (7%)
  • July22 (11%)
  • August18 (9%)
  • September18 (9%)
  • October16 (8%)
  • November18 (9%)
  • December15 (7.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight157 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (18%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds173 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (7.5%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other7 (3.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry154 (77%)
  • Wet or damp37 (18%)
  • Frost or ice2 (1%)
  • Not recorded8 (4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph31 (15%)
  • 30 mph151 (75%)
  • 40 mph10 (5%)
  • 70 mph9 (4.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway156 (78%)
  • Dual carriageway31 (15%)
  • Roundabout10 (5%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Tameside in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant113 (47%)
  • Pedestrian54 (23%)
  • Cyclist38 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (8.4%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user6 (2.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 53 (1.3%)
  • 6 to 1010 (4.2%)
  • 11 to 1514 (5.9%)
  • 16 to 2027 (11%)
  • 21 to 2529 (12%)
  • 26 to 3532 (13%)
  • 36 to 4538 (16%)
  • 46 to 5524 (10%)
  • 56 to 6521 (8.8%)
  • 66 to 7517 (7.1%)
  • Over 7510 (4.2%)
  • Not recorded13 (5.5%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider154 (65%)
  • Pedestrian54 (23%)
  • Passenger30 (13%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car264 (72%)
  • Pedal cycle37 (10%)
  • Motorcycle27 (7.4%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes12 (3.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car9 (2.5%)
  • Bus or coach4 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes4 (1.1%)
  • Tram4 (1.1%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Tameside in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Tameside

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Tameside ranked among 351 areas in 2025

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Tameside had fewer road collisions than 189 of them in 2025.

Collisions
190th
of 351 areas, highest first
Casualties
208th
of 351 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
118th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
157th
highest of 351 areas

Accident hotspots in Tameside in 2025

St Peter's, Tameside, OL6 7RL area was the busiest accident hotspot in Tameside in 2025, with 21 collisions, 7 of them serious.

Roads in Tameside with the most crashes in 2025

The A57 had the most collisions in Tameside in 2025: 15, including 5 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Tameside, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA57151605
2ndA627131403
3rdA635131303
4thA6017111304
5thA61406801
6thA6626702
7thM676900
8thA6705600
9thB61945501
10thM605800
11thA5604601
12thB61754501
13thA60183511
14thA60433402
15thB61692202
16thB61702401
17thB61741200
18thB61761100
19thB63901100
20thB64311101

Towns in Tameside: crashes in 2025

Ashton-under-Lyne had the most collisions of any town in Tameside in 2025: 52.

Postcode districts in Tameside: crashes in 2025

M34 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Tameside in 2025: 54.

Latest crashes in Tameside in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Tameside in 2025, none were fatal and 7 were serious. The last was on 29 December 2025.

Severity

Tameside road accidents in other years