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

Police recorded 168 road collisions at this accident hotspot in High Legh ward, Cheshire East, from 2001 to 2025, with 244 casualties. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 24 were serious.

In 2025 there were 5 collisions here, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
168
5,052nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
244
1.45 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Collisions in 2025
5
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the WA16 0TL hotspot

28 of the 168 collisions here (17%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal42.4%
  • Serious2414%
  • Slight14083%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
5
Seriously injured
27
Slightly injured
212
All casualties
244

Accidents by year at the WA16 0TL hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 17 in 2001, against an average of 6.7 a year from 2001 to 2025.

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

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
202422
202369
202245
202168
202033
201944
2018718
201778
201656
201545
2014713
201322
2012713
2011513
201078
2009913
2008912
2007811
2006813
2005711
2004811
200377
20021418
20011724

Map of crashes at the WA16 0TL hotspot

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

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the High Legh, Cheshire East, WA16 0TL 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 WA16 0TL 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 0TL
Postcode district
WA16
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.30339, -2.40392
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
1 November 2025
Rank by collisions
5,052nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WA16 0TL hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the M6, with 131 of 168, followed by the A5033 with 31.

Collisions at the WA16 0TL hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM6131185215
2ndA5033315218

Accident hotspots near WA16 0TL

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the High Legh, Cheshire East, WA16 0PN area, 1.4 km away, with 377 collisions.

All 168 crashes at the WA16 0TL hotspot

Newest first, from 24 February 2001 to 1 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year