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Pendleton & Charlestown, Salford, M6 6AU area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
423
1,612th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
593
1.40 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
8 people killed
Collisions in 2025
5
Down 50% on 2024

Crash severity at the M6 6AU hotspot

61 of the 423 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal61.4%
  • Serious5513%
  • Slight36286%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
8
Seriously injured
58
Slightly injured
527
All casualties
593

Accidents by year at the M6 6AU hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 37 in 2001, against an average of 17 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the M6 6AU hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202558
20241010
20231113
20221013
20211215
20201624
20191824
20181824
20171821
20161012
2015910
20141625
20131848
201299
20111317
20102327
20091831
20082224
20071721
20061519
20051824
20042940
20032550
20022637
20013747

Map of crashes at the M6 6AU hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near M6 6AU.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Pendleton & Charlestown, Salford, M6 6AU 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 M6 6AU 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
Pendleton & Charlestown
Council area
Salford
Nearest postcode to the centre
M6 6AU
Postcode district
M6
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.49504, -2.27556
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
4 November 2025
Rank by collisions
1,612th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the M6 6AU hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A576, with 153 of 423, followed by the B6186 with 101.

Collisions at the M6 6AU hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA576153227123
2ndB6186101136311
3rdA6153501
4thA6761100
5thB51861300

Towns near the M6 6AU hotspot

396 of the 423 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Salford.

All 423 crashes at the M6 6AU hotspot

Newest first, from 10 January 2001 to 4 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year