Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 18 Nov 2025, 18:39
- Ford Focus and Peugeot 208
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025052502115
Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank, Halton, WA8 8NT area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 73 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank ward, Knowsley, from 2001 to 2025, with 115 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 13 were serious.
In 2025 there was 1 collision here, down from 2 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 73
- 10,387th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 115
- 1.58 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 1
- 1 person killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 1
- 2 in 2024
Crash severity at the WA8 8NT hotspot
14 of the 73 collisions here (19%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal11.4%
- Serious1318%
- Slight5981%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 1
- Seriously injured
- 16
- Slightly injured
- 98
- All casualties
- 115
Accidents by year at the WA8 8NT hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 7 in 2010, against an average of 2.9 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the WA8 8NT hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 1
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 5 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 12 |
| 2015 | 4 | 9 |
| 2014 | 5 | 8 |
| 2013 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 5 |
Map of crashes at the WA8 8NT hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WA8 8NT.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank, Halton, WA8 8NT 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 WA8 8NT 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
- Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank
- Council area
- Knowsley
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- WA8 8NT
- Postcode district
- WA8
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 53.35734, -2.79835
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 24 of 25
- Latest collision
- 18 November 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 10,387th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the WA8 8NT hotspot
2 of the 73 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Hale Bank.
Accident hotspots near WA8 8NT
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank, Halton, WA8 8FW area, 1.1 km away, with 218 collisions.
- Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank, Halton, WA8 8FW area1.1 km away, 302 casualties218 collisions
- Halewood South, Knowsley, L26 0AH area1.2 km away, 157 casualties105 collisions
- Halewood South, Knowsley, L26 6LB area2.2 km away, 167 casualties117 collisions
- Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank, Halton, WA8 0TH area2.3 km away, 170 casualties115 collisions
- Halewood South, Knowsley, L26 1XQ area2.3 km away, 300 casualties221 collisions
- Hough Green, Halton, WA8 4XY area2.5 km away, 223 casualties173 collisions
- Speke, Liverpool, L24 2TW area2.8 km away, 313 casualties238 collisions
- Highfield, Halton, WA8 8SJ area2.9 km away, 496 casualties376 collisions
All 73 crashes at the WA8 8NT hotspot
Newest first, from 10 March 2001 to 18 November 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 27 Jun 2024, 07:10
- Land Rover Discovery and Mercedes Eqc Class
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024052401529
- Slight
Skoda Kamiq crash on a C road in Halton, 15 Mar 2024, 10:05
- Skoda Kamiq and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070256432
- Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Halton, 2 Oct 2023, 19:00
- A motorcycle and a taxi
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023070956946
- Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 17 Jan 2023, 17:15
- Vauxhall Mokka, Ford Ecosport and 2 cars
- 4 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023052300161
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 12 Mar 2022, 11:27
- 2 Ford Fiestas and a lorry
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022052200620
- Slight
Mercedes crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 15 Apr 2021, 13:00
- Mercedes and Ford Fiesta
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021052100594
- Slight
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 8 Oct 2020, 19:45
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2020052100264
- Slight
Ford Kuga crash on a C road in Halton, 2 Apr 2020, 16:20
- Ford Kuga and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020070195846
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 4 Feb 2020, 18:00
- Ford Fiesta and Mercedes A Class
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020052000523
- Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A561 in Knowsley, 27 Nov 2019, 05:55
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019051913033
- Slight
Jeep Renegade crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 21 Sep 2019, 11:30
- Jeep Renegade and Ford Focus
- 2 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2019051912420
- Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 28 Jun 2019, 14:45
- DAF Trucks and Honda Insight
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019051911710
- Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 27 Mar 2019, 20:46
- Peugeot 406 and Renault Captur
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019051910888
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A561 in Knowsley, 11 Feb 2019, 15:44
- Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Golf
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019051910378
- Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 25 Oct 2018, 07:00
- Ford Focus, Hyundai i10 and a motorcycle
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018051840116
- Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A561 in Knowsley, 18 Oct 2018, 17:20
- Ford Transit Custom, Volkswagen Polo, Fiat 500 and Mercedes Cla Class
- 4 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018051840051
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 17 Oct 2018, 09:20
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018051840037
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on a C road in Halton, 9 Jul 2018, 22:58
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018070208307
- Slight
Ford KA crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 16 May 2018, 09:00
- Ford KA and Land Rover Range Rover
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2018051801123
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 6 Aug 2017, 16:25
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017051701934
- Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Halton, 27 Jun 2017, 20:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2017077203537
- Fatal
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 11 Mar 2017, 03:25
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2017051700632
- Serious
Audi Q7 crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 5 Aug 2016, 17:20
- Audi Q7, Ford Focus (2) and Ford Transit
- 4 vehicles, 7 casualties
Ref 2016051602534
- Serious
Daihatsu Fourtrak crash on a C road in Halton, 10 Jun 2016, 19:36
- Daihatsu Fourtrak and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016076171663
- Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 2 Jun 2016, 12:30
- Toyota Auris and Ford KA
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016051601884
- Slight
Citroen Dispatch crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 7 Mar 2016, 15:00
- Citroen Dispatch and Vauxhall Corsa
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2016051600824
- Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A561 in Knowsley, 7 Oct 2015, 14:40
- Peugeot 308 and Ford Focus
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015051502408
- Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 9 Jul 2015, 17:30
- Renault Trafic, Renault Clio, Citroen C3, Vauxhall Astra and another vehicle
- 5 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015051501715
- Slight
Volvo V50 crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 11 Jun 2015, 14:50
- Volvo V50, Ford Kuga and Ford Fiesta
- 3 vehicles, 5 casualties
Ref 2015051501483
- Slight
MAN crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 17 Feb 2015, 14:40
- MAN and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2015051500524
- Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 23 Oct 2014, 22:50
- BMW 3 Series and Mercedes E Class
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2014051400033
- Slight
DAF Trucks FTG 85CF crash on the A561 in Knowsley, 17 Sep 2014, 16:49
- DAF Trucks FTG 85CF, Volkswagen Passat, Ford and a car
- 4 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201405CC04604
- Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 2 Sep 2014, 16:00
- Vauxhall Mokka and Renault Scenic
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201405CC04348
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A561 in Knowsley, 26 Mar 2014, 17:15
- Renault Clio and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201405CC02153
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 12 Feb 2014, 16:55
- Vauxhall Astra and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201405CC01674
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 8 Aug 2013, 09:05
- Vauxhall Astra and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201305FF03846
- Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 15 May 2013, 17:27
- Ford Fiesta, Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Mondeo
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201305CC03013
- Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 2 May 2013, 17:15
- Nissan Micra, Vauxhall Corsa and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- 3 vehicles, 5 casualties
Ref 201305CC02468
- Serious
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 5 Mar 2012, 17:13
- Ford Transit Connect, Ford Fusion, Ford KA, Ford Mondeo and 2 more vehicles
- 6 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 201205CC02054
- Slight
Car crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 23 Dec 2011, 12:10
- 1 vehicle, 4 casualties
Ref 201105CC07274
- Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 23 Dec 2011, 08:30
- Toyota Yaris, Renault Clio and 2 cars
- 4 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201105CC07278
- Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 29 Sep 2011, 08:33
- Audi A3 and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201105CC05644
- Serious
Fiat Punto crash on a C road in Halton, 20 May 2011, 17:45
- Fiat Punto and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2011070137476
- Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on a C road in Halton, 14 Apr 2011, 13:35
- Peugeot Partner and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2011070101259
- Slight
Citroen C3 crash on an unclassified road in Halton, 13 Jan 2011, 00:17
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2011070010759
- Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 10 Dec 2010, 13:00
- Volkswagen Caddy and a lorry
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201005CC07198
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A562 in Knowsley, 29 Nov 2010, 16:49
- Ford Fiesta and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201005FF06950