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Appleton, Halton, WA8 6HL area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
302
2,589th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
407
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
5
7 in 2024

Crash severity at the WA8 6HL hotspot

34 of the 302 collisions here (11%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious3411%
  • Slight26889%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
39
Slightly injured
368
All casualties
407

Accidents by year at the WA8 6HL hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 19 in 2001, against an average of 12 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WA8 6HL hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
202477
202399
2022912
202167
2020911
20191320
20181214
20171518
20161212
201557
20141515
20131425
20121415
201189
20101624
20091313
20081624
20071316
20061218
20051418
20041733
20031531
20021419
20011923

Map of crashes at the WA8 6HL hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WA8 6HL.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Appleton, Halton, WA8 6HL area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WA8 6HL hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Appleton
Council area
Halton
Nearest postcode to the centre
WA8 6HL
Postcode district
WA8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.37439, -2.72668
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
2 December 2025
Rank by collisions
2,589th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WA8 6HL hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the B5419, with 76 of 302, followed by the B5178 with 45.

Collisions at the WA8 6HL hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB54197610909
2ndB5178456302
3rdA55791101
4thA508041400
5thA5683400

Towns near the WA8 6HL hotspot

287 of the 302 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Widnes.

All 302 crashes at the WA8 6HL hotspot

Newest first, from 29 January 2001 to 2 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year