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Bowdon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 350 road traffic collisions in Bowdon, Trafford, from 1979 to 2025, and 446 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 44 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
350
1,417th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
446
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
44
52 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bowdon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.9%
  • Serious4413%
  • Slight30387%

What the data shows

  • Bowdon had 25 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 41 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in Bowdon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 63 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bowdon, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Bowdon.

Where Bowdon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,417th
Most casualties
1,425th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,873rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday53 (15%)
  • Tuesday50 (14%)
  • Wednesday55 (16%)
  • Thursday50 (14%)
  • Friday58 (17%)
  • Saturday48 (14%)
  • Sunday36 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight262 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit78 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway297 (85%)
  • Dual carriageway43 (12%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph279 (80%)
  • 40 mph43 (12%)
  • 50 mph8 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph17 (4.9%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds271 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds55 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other4 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded7 (2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant274 (61%)
  • Pedestrian57 (13%)
  • Cyclist52 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist42 (9.4%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.7%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bowdon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bowdon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bowdon peaked at 19 in 1984; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
2024411
202311
202222
202156
202022
201956
201811
201700
201611
201544
201434
2013612
201256
201136
201022
200944
200867
200744
200645
200556
200468
200378
20021317
2001611
2000812
199989
1998912
19971114
1996911
19951416
19941822
19931217
19921416
199145
19901016
1989911
19881010
19871315
198667
19851214
19841923
19831217
1982911
19811214
19801518
19791316

Map of recent crashes in Bowdon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bowdon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bowdon

The 24 most recent collisions in Bowdon happened between 23 March 2018 and 1 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bowdon

The A56 has the most collisions in Bowdon, 75 of 350 (21%), followed by the B5161 (69).

Collisions in Bowdon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA567510615
2ndB5161698508
3rdB5160476229
4thB5162232801
5thB516391200
6thA5385500
7thB53574401

Council area for Bowdon

Bowdon is in Trafford, where police recorded 29,674 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bowdon accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Bowdon

All 350 collisions in Bowdon were in the WA14 postcode district.