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Miles Platting & Newton Heath, Manchester, M40 1NR area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
285
2,796th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
389
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
6
4 in 2024

Crash severity at the M40 1NR hotspot

46 of the 285 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal31.1%
  • Serious4315%
  • Slight23984%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
45
Slightly injured
341
All casualties
389

Accidents by year at the M40 1NR hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 27 in 2002, against an average of 11 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the M40 1NR hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202444
202345
202267
2021811
202069
201967
201857
20171011
201644
2015814
201479
20131113
20121111
20111423
20101523
2009710
20081521
20071618
20061218
20051417
20042333
20032440
20022729
20012239

Map of crashes at the M40 1NR hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near M40 1NR.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Miles Platting & Newton Heath, Manchester, M40 1NR 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 M40 1NR 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
Miles Platting & Newton Heath
Council area
Manchester
Nearest postcode to the centre
M40 1NR
Postcode district
M40
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.50133, -2.17244
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
31 October 2025
Rank by collisions
2,796th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the M40 1NR hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A62, with 107 of 285, followed by the A663 with 2.

Collisions at the M40 1NR hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA62107155011
2ndA6632200

Towns near the M40 1NR hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Manchester had the most collisions, 141 of 285.

All 285 crashes at the M40 1NR hotspot

Newest first, from 5 January 2001 to 31 October 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year