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Highfield, Halton, WA8 8SJ area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
376
1,936th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
496
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
7
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the WA8 8SJ hotspot

60 of the 376 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious6016%
  • Slight31684%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
66
Slightly injured
430
All casualties
496

Accidents by year at the WA8 8SJ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 27 in 2005, against an average of 15 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WA8 8SJ hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
202455
202367
202269
20211112
2020912
20191419
20181415
2017917
20161014
20151215
20141925
20131314
20121011
20111728
20101114
20091824
20081721
20072024
20062635
20052731
20042129
20032746
20022130
20012632

Map of crashes at the WA8 8SJ hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WA8 8SJ.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Highfield, Halton, WA8 8SJ area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WA8 8SJ 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
Highfield
Council area
Halton
Nearest postcode to the centre
WA8 8SJ
Postcode district
WA8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.36868, -2.75923
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
12 December 2025
Rank by collisions
1,936th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WA8 8SJ hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the B5178, with 113 of 376, followed by the B1 with 1.

Collisions at the WA8 8SJ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB5178113153022
2ndB11100

Towns near the WA8 8SJ hotspot

All 376 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Widnes.

All 376 crashes at the WA8 8SJ hotspot

Newest first, from 2 January 2001 to 12 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year