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M60 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 147 road traffic collisions in the M60 postcode district, Manchester, from 1979 to 2025, and 181 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 15 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
147
2,612th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
181
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
15
15 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for M60

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.7%
  • Serious1510%
  • Slight13189%

What the data shows

  • M60 had 16 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 27 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 11% of collisions in M60 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 7 children under 16 were killed or injured in M60, 3.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in M60.

Where M60 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,612th
Most casualties
2,629th
Most fatal collisions
2,673rd
Most serious collisions
2,678th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (21%)
  • Tuesday23 (16%)
  • Wednesday25 (17%)
  • Thursday21 (14%)
  • Friday18 (12%)
  • Saturday18 (12%)
  • Sunday11 (7.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight107 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit40 (27%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway103 (70%)
  • Dual carriageway24 (16%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (8.2%)
  • Roundabout2 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded6 (4.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (6.8%)
  • 30 mph137 (93%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds104 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds25 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (4.1%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (3.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other4 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant67 (37%)
  • Pedestrian50 (28%)
  • Cyclist20 (11%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant16 (8.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (7.2%)
  • Motorcyclist9 (5%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

M60 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in M60, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in M60 peaked at 8 in 1979; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202347
202233
202100
202000
201934
201800
201722
201622
201523
201400
201356
201222
201135
201056
200923
200834
200700
200655
200577
200422
200311
200211
200147
200067
199934
199833
199722
199611
1995511
199422
199312
199255
199122
199033
198933
198859
198767
198636
198577
198444
198355
198278
198144
198046
197988

Map of recent crashes in M60

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in M60

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in M60

The 24 most recent collisions in M60 happened between 26 October 2012 and 5 August 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in M60

The A34 has the most collisions in M60, 35 of 147 (24%), followed by the A5103 (21).

Collisions in M60 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA34353716
2ndA5103212301
3rdA6042161602
4thA665162500
5thA6132000
6thA567701

Council area for M60

M60 is in Manchester, where police recorded 93,482 collisions from 1979 to 2025. M60 accounts for 0.2% of them.

Town in M60

Of the 147 collisions in M60, 146 (99%) were in Manchester.