Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 11 Dec 2025, 16:50
- Mercedes Sprinter and Vauxhall Astra
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025071048592
Gowy Rural, Cheshire West and Chester, CH2 3NZ area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 429 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Gowy Rural ward, Cheshire West and Chester, from 2001 to 2025, with 579 casualties. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 48 were serious.
In 2025 there were 10 collisions here, down from 15 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 429
- 1,581st busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 579
- 1.35 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 4
- 4 people killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 10
- Down 33% on 2024
Crash severity at the CH2 3NZ hotspot
52 of the 429 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal40.9%
- Serious4811%
- Slight37788%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 4
- Seriously injured
- 50
- Slightly injured
- 525
- All casualties
- 579
Accidents by year at the CH2 3NZ hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 39 in 2004, against an average of 17 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the CH2 3NZ hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 19 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 |
| 2023 | 6 | 12 |
| 2022 | 13 | 14 |
| 2021 | 5 | 6 |
| 2020 | 15 | 16 |
| 2019 | 12 | 15 |
| 2018 | 9 | 9 |
| 2017 | 12 | 14 |
| 2016 | 15 | 18 |
| 2015 | 15 | 18 |
| 2014 | 16 | 21 |
| 2013 | 12 | 20 |
| 2012 | 19 | 29 |
| 2011 | 18 | 23 |
| 2010 | 19 | 26 |
| 2009 | 24 | 30 |
| 2008 | 15 | 19 |
| 2007 | 17 | 25 |
| 2006 | 19 | 25 |
| 2005 | 30 | 47 |
| 2004 | 39 | 53 |
| 2003 | 29 | 35 |
| 2002 | 25 | 36 |
| 2001 | 20 | 34 |
Map of crashes at the CH2 3NZ hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near CH2 3NZ.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Gowy Rural, Cheshire West and Chester, CH2 3NZ 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 CH2 3NZ 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
- Gowy Rural
- Council area
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- CH2 3NZ
- Postcode district
- CH2
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 53.20953, -2.85785
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 25 of 25
- Latest collision
- 11 December 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 1,581st of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the CH2 3NZ hotspot
121 of the 429 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Chester.
Accident hotspots near CH2 3NZ
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Gowy Rural, Cheshire West and Chester, CH3 7EH area, 1.2 km away, with 103 collisions.
- Gowy Rural, Cheshire West and Chester, CH3 7EH area1.2 km away, 143 casualties103 collisions
- Newton & Hoole, Cheshire West and Chester, CH2 2HH area1.4 km away, 151 casualties128 collisions
- Upton, Cheshire West and Chester, CH2 1RG area1.7 km away, 232 casualties184 collisions
- Newton & Hoole, Cheshire West and Chester, CH2 3DB area1.8 km away, 516 casualties415 collisions
- Great Boughton, Cheshire West and Chester, CH3 5PB area2 km away, 530 casualties385 collisions
- Upton, Cheshire West and Chester, CH2 1BU area2.3 km away, 97 casualties67 collisions
- Great Boughton, Cheshire West and Chester, CH3 5SN area2.6 km away, 113 casualties94 collisions
- Chester City & the Garden Quarter, Cheshire West and Chester, CH1 4AN area2.8 km away, 476 casualties377 collisions
All 429 crashes at the CH2 3NZ hotspot
Newest first, from 5 January 2001 to 11 December 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Serious
Honda CBR crash on the M53 in Cheshire West and Chester, 10 Dec 2025, 13:28
- Honda CBR and Skoda Karoq
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025071007841
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 30 Aug 2025, 12:03
- Ford Fiesta and Ford Transit Custom
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025070719202
- Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 9 Aug 2025, 14:45
- Vauxhall Mokka and Mini Cooper
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025070656849
- Slight
Mercedes AMG Class crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 8 Aug 2025, 23:29
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025070655464
- Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 28 Jul 2025, 10:29
- Honda Jazz and Ford Puma
- 2 vehicles, 8 casualties
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- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 17 Jul 2025, 07:23
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025070587615
- Slight
Suzuki SX4 crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 16 Jun 2025, 17:30
- Suzuki SX4 and Volkswagen Polo
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025070494036
- Serious
Ford Transit Connect crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire West and Chester, 11 Apr 2025, 12:16
- Ford Transit Connect and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025070296597
- Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 29 Mar 2025, 16:31
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025070258802
- Slight
Mercedes crash on the M53 in Cheshire West and Chester, 12 Dec 2024, 09:00
- Mercedes and Ford Transit
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024071040709
- Slight
Mini Countryman crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 26 Nov 2024, 16:52
- Mini Countryman and 2 cars
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070999909
- Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Sport crash on the M53 in Cheshire West and Chester, 25 Oct 2024, 09:57
- Land Rover Range Rover Sport and Vauxhall Grandland
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070907766
- Fatal
Citroen C3 crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 22 Oct 2024, 17:01
- Citroen C3 and Toyota RAV4
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070900024
- Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 17 Sep 2024, 15:13
- Mercedes Sprinter and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070800919
- Slight
Hyundai Ioniq crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 30 Aug 2024, 16:02
- Hyundai Ioniq and Renault Twingo
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070750971
- Slight
Jaguar XE Series crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 26 Aug 2024, 16:05
- Jaguar XE Series, KTM 1290 Super Adventure and Ford Focus
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070739518
- Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 24 Aug 2024, 16:07
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and Sym NH
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070734481
- Fatal
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 5 Aug 2024, 21:24
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070680869
- Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the M53 in Cheshire West and Chester, 25 Jul 2024, 11:50
- Peugeot 2008 and Vauxhall Corsa
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070647554
- Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 26 Jun 2024, 10:48
- DAF Trucks and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070561758
- Serious
Bicycle crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 19 Jun 2024, 08:55
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070540767
- Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 16 Jun 2024, 11:30
- Mercedes C Class and Audi Q2
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070532645
- Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the M53 in Cheshire West and Chester, 10 Jun 2024, 10:55
- Toyota RAV4 and Vauxhall Corsa
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070514569
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 1 Feb 2024, 07:40
- Ford Fiesta and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024070138143
- Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the M53 in Cheshire West and Chester, 14 Dec 2023, 07:45
- Toyota Aygo and Vauxhall Corsa
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023071268305
- Slight
Peugeot 3008 crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 7 Nov 2023, 10:48
- Peugeot 3008 and Vauxhall Viva
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023071118827
- Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 5 Jul 2023, 16:40
- Nissan Qashqai and Vauxhall Astra
- 2 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2023070604868
- Serious
Audi Q7 crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 3 Jun 2023, 19:45
- 1 vehicle, 3 casualties
Ref 2023070477844
- Slight
BMW 2 Series crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 7 Mar 2023, 11:45
- BMW 2 Series and Kawasaki ER
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023070197870
- Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 11 Jan 2023, 13:30
- Audi A3 and Nissan Qashqai
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2023070032817
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 2 Dec 2022, 22:24
- Ford Focus and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022070888803
- Slight
Mini One crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 30 Nov 2022, 17:49
- Mini One and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022070882392
- Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 16 Nov 2022, 09:30
- Land Rover Discovery and Skoda Fabia
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022070840830
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 14 Oct 2022, 14:15
- Ford Fiesta and Toyota Yaris
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022070760364
- Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 12 Oct 2022, 20:30
- Audi A4 and Ford Fiesta
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022070756334
- Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 8 Oct 2022, 10:50
- Vauxhall Vivaro and Toyota Yaris
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022070742958
- Slight
Keeway RKF crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 7 Oct 2022, 16:58
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2022070741367
- Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 26 Sep 2022, 18:15
- Kia Picanto and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022070715280
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cheshire West and Chester, 26 May 2022, 16:50
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022070365710
- Slight
Mercedes SLK Class crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 6 May 2022, 09:00
- Mercedes SLK Class and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022070311914
- Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 6 Apr 2022, 10:03
- Volkswagen Passat and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2022070235426
- Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the M53 in Cheshire West and Chester, 3 Apr 2022, 08:30
- BMW 1 Series and Fiat Punto
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022070228325
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 26 Feb 2022, 13:00
- Volkswagen Golf and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022070143779
- Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 17 Nov 2021, 13:10
- Volkswagen Transporter and Vauxhall Astra
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2021070800201
- Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A41 in Cheshire West and Chester, 27 Oct 2021, 13:00
- Mazda 6 and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021070747045
- Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 4 Sep 2021, 17:00
- Ford C-Max and BMW 3 Series
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021070616156
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A56 in Cheshire West and Chester, 28 Aug 2021, 08:30
- Volkswagen Golf and Peugeot 2008
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021070599004