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Cheetham, Manchester, M8 8YW area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
697
693rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
977
1.40 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
16
Down 16% on 2024

Crash severity at the M8 8YW hotspot

85 of the 697 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal30.4%
  • Serious8212%
  • Slight61288%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
89
Slightly injured
885
All casualties
977

Accidents by year at the M8 8YW hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 48 in 2004, against an average of 28 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the M8 8YW hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251619
20241926
20231927
20222030
20211719
20201626
20192331
20182436
20173947
20161721
20152433
20142938
20132431
20122131
20112631
20102238
20092939
20082934
20074369
20063554
20054265
20044869
20033652
20023961
20014050

Map of crashes at the M8 8YW hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near M8 8YW.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Cheetham, Manchester, M8 8YW area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the M8 8YW 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
Cheetham
Council area
Manchester
Nearest postcode to the centre
M8 8YW
Postcode district
M8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.49919, -2.25295
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
24 December 2025
Rank by collisions
693rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the M8 8YW hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A56, with 178 of 697, followed by the A576 with 115.

Collisions at the M8 8YW hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA56178242028
2ndA576115154111
3rdB61809413706
4thA6010719307
5thA5066547209
6thB6186162702
7thB618751300
8thA60412400
9thA5701100

Towns near the M8 8YW hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Manchester had the most collisions, 343 of 697.

All 697 crashes at the M8 8YW hotspot

Newest first, from 3 January 2001 to 24 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year