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Bowdon, Trafford, WA14 3BY area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 204 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Bowdon ward, Cheshire East, from 2001 to 2025, with 297 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 18 were serious.

In 2025 there were 7 collisions here, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
204
4,161st busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
297
1.46 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
7
6 in 2024

Crash severity at the WA14 3BY hotspot

20 of the 204 collisions here (9.8%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal21%
  • Serious188.8%
  • Slight18490%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
24
Slightly injured
271
All casualties
297

Accidents by year at the WA14 3BY hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 18 in 2002, against an average of 8.2 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WA14 3BY hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
202466
202322
202223
202112
202022
201944
201846
201755
2016813
2015615
201477
201366
20121017
201169
2010815
20091530
2008813
2007813
20061419
20051517
20041113
20031426
20021823
20011724

Map of crashes at the WA14 3BY hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WA14 3BY.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Bowdon, Trafford, WA14 3BY area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WA14 3BY 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
Bowdon
Council area
Cheshire East
Nearest postcode to the centre
WA14 3BY
Postcode district
WA14
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.36549, -2.38557
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
25 October 2025
Rank by collisions
4,161st of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WA14 3BY hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the M56, with 91 of 204, followed by the A556 with 83.

Collisions at the WA14 3BY hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM5691118210
2ndA5568312805
3rdA56203002
4thM61100

Accident hotspots near WA14 3BY

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Mobberley, Cheshire East, WA14 3PX area, 1.4 km away, with 120 collisions.

All 204 crashes at the WA14 3BY hotspot

Newest first, from 24 January 2001 to 25 October 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year