Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A576 in Manchester, 21 Oct 2025, 18:29
- 1 vehicle, 3 casualties
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Higher Blackley, Manchester, M8 4WB area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 166 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Higher Blackley ward, Manchester, from 2001 to 2025, with 275 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 21 were serious.
In 2025 there were 5 collisions here, up from 2 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 166
- 5,106th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 275
- 1.66 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 1
- 1 person killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 5
- 2 in 2024
Crash severity at the M8 4WB hotspot
22 of the 166 collisions here (13%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal10.6%
- Serious2113%
- Slight14487%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 1
- Seriously injured
- 23
- Slightly injured
- 251
- All casualties
- 275
Accidents by year at the M8 4WB hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 16 in 2001, against an average of 6.6 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the M8 4WB 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 | 5 | 12 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11 |
| 2021 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 6 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 8 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14 |
| 2010 | 6 | 9 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 9 | 13 |
| 2007 | 11 | 16 |
| 2006 | 12 | 20 |
| 2005 | 13 | 18 |
| 2004 | 10 | 17 |
| 2003 | 10 | 17 |
| 2002 | 14 | 33 |
| 2001 | 16 | 25 |
Map of crashes at the M8 4WB hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near M8 4WB.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Higher Blackley, Manchester, M8 4WB area accident hotspot
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- 48 crashes
- Serious
- Slight
Centre of the hotspot
Hotspot area, 700 m radius
Details of the M8 4WB 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
- Higher Blackley
- Council area
- Manchester
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- M8 4WB
- Postcode district
- M8
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 53.52967, -2.24304
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 25 of 25
- Latest collision
- 21 October 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 5,106th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the M8 4WB hotspot
Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Manchester had the most collisions, 95 of 166.
Accident hotspots near M8 4WB
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 4JG area, 1.1 km away, with 365 collisions.
- Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 4JG area1.1 km away, 565 casualties365 collisions
- Higher Blackley, Manchester, M9 0QL area1.1 km away, 446 casualties305 collisions
- Harpurhey, Manchester, M9 8DL area1.8 km away, 507 casualties349 collisions
- South Middleton, Rochdale, M24 4NE area1.9 km away, 106 casualties82 collisions
- Holyrood, Bury, M25 2SJ area2 km away, 129 casualties79 collisions
- Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5QA area2 km away, 207 casualties140 collisions
- Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 9JN area2 km away, 1,253 casualties928 collisions
- Sedgley, Bury, M25 0AH area2 km away, 738 casualties525 collisions
All 166 crashes at the M8 4WB hotspot
Newest first, from 15 January 2001 to 21 October 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Serious
Lexus RX 450 crash on the A576 in Manchester, 19 Oct 2025, 22:05
- Lexus RX 450 and a car
- 2 vehicles, 4 casualties
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- Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6104 in Manchester, 28 Sep 2025, 01:44
- Ford Fiesta, Volkswagen Golf and Mazda 3
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
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- Serious
Citroen C4 crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 12 Sep 2025, 16:14
- Citroen C4 and Volkswagen Golf
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
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- Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the A576 in Manchester, 22 Feb 2025, 20:50
- Toyota Prius and Renault Megane
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Mercedes ML Class crash on the A576 in Manchester, 19 Dec 2024, 19:27
- Mercedes ML Class and Honda GLR 125
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Volkswagen Touareg crash on the A576 in Manchester, 15 Aug 2024, 11:30
- Volkswagen Touareg and Yamaha YZF
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A576 in Manchester, 8 Nov 2023, 14:40
- Vauxhall Corsa and Suzuki Celerio
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 25 May 2023, 19:00
- Peugeot 207 and Mercedes B Class
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
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- Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A576 in Manchester, 16 Dec 2022, 22:00
- BMW 3 Series and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
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- Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A576 in Manchester, 12 Sep 2022, 21:35
- Mercedes C Class and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A576 in Manchester, 11 Aug 2022, 17:10
- Volvo V40 and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A576 in Manchester, 8 Aug 2022, 15:44
- Renault Trafic and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 5 Aug 2022, 18:00
- Mercedes E Class and Mercedes S Class
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A6044 in Bury, 21 May 2022, 11:11
- Mercedes E Class, Mercedes GLC Class and Jaguar XJ Series
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A576 in Manchester, 1 Mar 2022, 11:08
- Citroen C3, BMW X5 and Audi A5
- 3 vehicles, 3 casualties
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- Serious
Toyota Prius crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 24 Jan 2022, 07:35
- Toyota Prius and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A576 in Manchester, 10 Oct 2021, 13:35
- Audi A3 and Seat Ibiza
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 5 Jul 2021, 00:01
- A car and a taxi
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
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- Serious
Peugeot 207 crash on the A576 in Manchester, 6 May 2021, 20:38
- Vehicle and Peugeot 207
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 12 Mar 2021, 18:47
- Ford Mondeo and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
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- Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Sport crash on a C road in Manchester, 9 Jan 2020, 15:15
- Land Rover Range Rover Sport and Audi A3
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
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- Slight
Seat Arona crash on the A6044 in Bury, 30 Jul 2019, 15:00
- Seat Arona and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A576 in Manchester, 9 Jun 2019, 13:45
- London Taxis Int. TX4, Volkswagen Polo and Ford Focus
- 3 vehicles, 3 casualties
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- Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the A576 in Manchester, 8 Jun 2019, 15:53
- Ford Fusion and Honda Jazz
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A576 in Manchester, 28 May 2019, 20:21
- BMW 1 Series and Nissan Qashqai
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A576 in Manchester, 18 Jan 2018, 23:16
- Ford Focus, Toyota Avensis, Skoda Fabia, a car and another vehicle
- 5 vehicles, 3 casualties
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- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A576 in Manchester, 16 Nov 2017, 19:00
- Volkswagen Golf and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Mercedes GLC Class crash on the A576 in Manchester, 11 Sep 2017, 08:48
- Mercedes GLC Class and Skoda Fabia
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A576 in Manchester, 10 May 2017, 21:45
- Vauxhall Corsa, Peugeot 307 and Peugeot 107
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A6104 in Manchester, 16 Apr 2017, 19:40
- Seat Leon and Seat Alhambra
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A576 in Manchester, 8 Apr 2017, 01:32
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
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- Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A6044 in Bury, 20 Jan 2017, 06:46
- Mercedes E Class and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A6044 in Bury, 16 Oct 2016, 15:25
- Ford Focus, BMW 1 Series, Vauxhall Astra and Skoda Octavia
- 4 vehicles, 8 casualties
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- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Manchester, 17 Sep 2016, 19:38
- Volkswagen Golf and Hyundai Accent
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Car crash on the A6104 in Manchester, 9 Sep 2016, 08:20
- 2 cars
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201606A020424
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A576 in Manchester, 23 May 2016, 06:40
- Ford Fiesta and DAF Trucks
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201606A016190
- Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A576 in Manchester, 14 Apr 2016, 16:05
- Ford Galaxy and 2 cars
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201606A014590
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A576 in Manchester, 4 Jul 2015, 02:00
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Transit
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
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- Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Manchester, 6 May 2014, 17:55
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201406A088521
- Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A576 in Manchester, 6 May 2014, 12:00
- Ford Mondeo, Toyota Avensis and a car
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A576 in Manchester, 24 Apr 2014, 07:35
- Volkswagen Polo and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A576 in Manchester, 28 Feb 2014, 23:13
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A576 in Manchester, 20 Feb 2014, 17:20
- Renault Laguna and Suzuki EN 125
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Serious
Mitsubishi crash on a C road in Manchester, 31 Jan 2014, 15:27
- Mitsubishi and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A576 in Manchester, 26 Dec 2013, 19:08
- Ford Focus and Citroen C4
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201306A081189
- Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A576 in Manchester, 4 Dec 2013, 12:40
- Citroen Saxo and Vauxhall Meriva
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
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- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A576 in Manchester, 6 Nov 2013, 09:15
- Volkswagen Golf and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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