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M2 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,744 road traffic collisions in the M2 postcode district, Manchester, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,175 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 160 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, down from 18 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,744
1,874th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,175
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
160
168 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
18 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
Down 50% on 2024

Road collision statistics for M2

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal80.5%
  • Serious1609.2%
  • Slight1,57690%

What the data shows

  • M2 had 96 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 59% fewer than the 234 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 9.6% of collisions in M2 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 86 children under 16 were killed or injured in M2, 4% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in M2.

Where M2 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,874th
Most casualties
1,947th
Most fatal collisions
2,472nd
Most serious collisions
2,329th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday222 (13%)
  • Tuesday221 (13%)
  • Wednesday255 (15%)
  • Thursday267 (15%)
  • Friday317 (18%)
  • Saturday320 (18%)
  • Sunday142 (8.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,163 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit542 (31%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown23 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,021 (59%)
  • One way street or slip road520 (30%)
  • Dual carriageway129 (7.4%)
  • Roundabout4 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded70 (4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph106 (6.1%)
  • 30 mph1,636 (94%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,362 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds273 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds34 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds23 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.1%)
  • Other17 (1%)
  • Not recorded20 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian875 (40%)
  • Car occupant596 (27%)
  • Bus or coach occupant253 (12%)
  • Cyclist147 (6.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant129 (5.9%)
  • Motorcyclist106 (4.9%)
  • Tram occupant23 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant16 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant14 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.5%)
  • Other5 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

M2 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in M2, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in M2 peaked at 76 in 1987; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025910
20241820
202377
20221314
202169
202022
201999
201899
20171421
2016912
20151012
20141215
20131726
20121315
20112031
20102943
20093041
20083762
20072428
20064263
20056288
20045482
20033538
20024551
20015678
20004465
19992648
19983547
19973846
19964459
19954651
19945764
19935468
19925767
19915161
19906273
19896176
19886889
19877687
19865962
19856063
19845460
19834452
19824549
19814855
19806874
19796573

Map of recent crashes in M2

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in M2

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in M2

The 24 most recent collisions in M2 happened between 14 March 2024 and 26 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in M2

The A34 has the most collisions in M2, 374 of 1,744 (21%), followed by the A6042 (348).

Collisions in M2 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA34374477034
2ndA6042348385025
3rdA5103126158217
4thA69110116
5thA56708709
6thA62222600
7thA6644500

Council area for M2

M2 is in Manchester, where police recorded 93,482 collisions from 1979 to 2025. M2 accounts for 1.9% of them.

Town in M2

All 1,744 collisions in M2 were in Manchester.