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Gorse Hill & Cornbrook, Trafford, M17 1WT area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
248
3,331st busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
291
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Collisions in 2025
3
4 in 2024

Crash severity at the M17 1WT hotspot

31 of the 248 collisions here (13%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal52%
  • Serious2610%
  • Slight21788%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
6
Seriously injured
26
Slightly injured
259
All casualties
291

Accidents by year at the M17 1WT hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 20 in 2006, against an average of 9.9 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the M17 1WT hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202444
202323
202233
202111
202056
2019810
201857
20171010
201611
2015811
201455
201322
20121112
20111415
20101522
20091419
20081415
20071819
20062022
20051517
20041520
20031519
20022023
20012022

Map of crashes at the M17 1WT hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near M17 1WT.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Gorse Hill & Cornbrook, Trafford, M17 1WT 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 M17 1WT 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
Gorse Hill & Cornbrook
Council area
Trafford
Nearest postcode to the centre
M17 1WT
Postcode district
M17
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.47118, -2.3259
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
25 November 2025
Rank by collisions
3,331st of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the M17 1WT hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A5081, with 73 of 248, followed by the A576 with 62.

Collisions at the M17 1WT hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5081738615
2ndA576627019
3rdB5214384813

Towns near the M17 1WT hotspot

All 248 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Old Trafford.

All 248 crashes at the M17 1WT hotspot

Newest first, from 8 January 2001 to 25 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year