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Holditch & Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 7NS area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
303
2,581st busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
384
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
4
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the ST5 7NS hotspot

31 of the 303 collisions here (10%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.7%
  • Serious299.6%
  • Slight27290%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
29
Slightly injured
353
All casualties
384

Accidents by year at the ST5 7NS hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 26 in 2003, against an average of 12 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the ST5 7NS hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202455
202377
202222
202111
202044
201957
201889
201734
20161316
201567
20141518
20131821
20121013
20111423
20101925
20091214
20081925
20071826
20061720
20052127
20041924
20032635
20022226
20011521

Map of crashes at the ST5 7NS hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near ST5 7NS.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Holditch & Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 7NS 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 ST5 7NS 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
Holditch & Chesterton
Nearest postcode to the centre
ST5 7NS
Postcode district
ST5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.04014, -2.24475
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
1 December 2025
Rank by collisions
2,581st of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the ST5 7NS hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A34, with 75 of 303, followed by the B5500 with 75.

Collisions at the ST5 7NS hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA347510215
2ndB550075103110
3rdB5369252903
4thB50411100

Towns near the ST5 7NS hotspot

298 of the 303 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

All 303 crashes at the ST5 7NS hotspot

Newest first, from 21 February 2001 to 1 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year