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High Legh, Cheshire East, WA16 0PN area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 377 road collisions at this accident hotspot in High Legh ward, Cheshire East, from 2001 to 2025, with 612 casualties. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 43 were serious.

In 2025 there were 10 collisions here, the same as in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
377
1,925th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
612
1.62 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
10
Level with 2024

Crash severity at the WA16 0PN hotspot

46 of the 377 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal30.8%
  • Serious4311%
  • Slight33188%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
46
Slightly injured
563
All casualties
612

Accidents by year at the WA16 0PN hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 32 in 2012, against an average of 15 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WA16 0PN hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251015
20241017
20231015
20221213
202168
2020811
20191013
20181521
20171927
20161122
2015912
20141939
20131114
20123265
20111318
20101625
20091733
20081837
20071727
20062032
20051427
20042223
20031831
20021532
20012535

Map of crashes at the WA16 0PN hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WA16 0PN.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the High Legh, Cheshire East, WA16 0PN area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WA16 0PN 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
High Legh
Council area
Cheshire East
Nearest postcode to the centre
WA16 0PN
Postcode district
WA16
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.31225, -2.41838
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
2 December 2025
Rank by collisions
1,925th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WA16 0PN hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the M6, with 220 of 377, followed by the A556 with 142.

Collisions at the WA16 0PN hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM6220379127
2ndA556142214213
3rdB53916700
4thA5662200

Accident hotspots near WA16 0PN

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the High Legh, Cheshire East, WA16 0TL area, 1.4 km away, with 168 collisions.

All 377 crashes at the WA16 0PN hotspot

Newest first, from 30 January 2001 to 2 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year