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Gorton & Abbey Hey, Manchester, M12 5NQ area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
400
1,771st busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
591
1.48 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
8 people killed
Collisions in 2025
9
Down 40% on 2024

Crash severity at the M12 5NQ hotspot

57 of the 400 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal71.8%
  • Serious5013%
  • Slight34386%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
8
Seriously injured
62
Slightly injured
521
All casualties
591

Accidents by year at the M12 5NQ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 32 in 2005, against an average of 16 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the M12 5NQ hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025910
20241521
202357
202246
202159
202023
20191314
20181011
20171520
20161115
20151116
20141322
20131423
20121530
20111124
20101929
20091216
20082234
20072527
20062639
20053248
20042635
20033045
20022535
20013052

Map of crashes at the M12 5NQ hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near M12 5NQ.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Gorton & Abbey Hey, Manchester, M12 5NQ 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 M12 5NQ 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
Gorton & Abbey Hey
Council area
Manchester
Nearest postcode to the centre
M12 5NQ
Postcode district
M12
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.46445, -2.19294
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
17 December 2025
Rank by collisions
1,771st of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the M12 5NQ hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A57, with 158 of 400, followed by the A6010 with 95.

Collisions at the M12 5NQ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA57158242421
2ndA601095156011
3rdA51842201
4thA61100
5thB61781100

Towns near the M12 5NQ hotspot

All 400 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Manchester.

All 400 crashes at the M12 5NQ hotspot

Newest first, from 5 January 2001 to 17 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year