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Central & West Bank, Halton, WA8 0WS area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
402
1,757th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
550
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
7
Down 42% on 2024

Crash severity at the WA8 0WS hotspot

41 of the 402 collisions here (10%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious4110%
  • Slight36190%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
42
Slightly injured
508
All casualties
550

Accidents by year at the WA8 0WS hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 32 in 2001, against an average of 16 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WA8 0WS hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025711
20241216
2023812
20221115
202178
202044
201968
20181418
20171720
20161316
2015811
20141618
20131111
20121120
20111824
20102936
20091732
20082233
20072229
20062332
20052033
20042330
20032837
20022333
20013243

Map of crashes at the WA8 0WS hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WA8 0WS.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Central & West Bank, Halton, WA8 0WS 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 0WS 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
Central & West Bank
Council area
Halton
Nearest postcode to the centre
WA8 0WS
Postcode district
WA8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.35831, -2.74051
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
6 December 2025
Rank by collisions
1,757th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WA8 0WS hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A562, with 98 of 402, followed by the A533 with 86.

Collisions at the WA8 0WS hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA56298131011
2ndA53386118011
3rdB5419375405
4thA557233103
5thA5551100
6thA5581100

Towns near the WA8 0WS hotspot

204 of the 402 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Widnes.

All 402 crashes at the WA8 0WS hotspot

Newest first, from 10 January 2001 to 6 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year