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Chapel-en-le-Frith road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 421 road traffic collisions in Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak, from 1979 to 2025, and 523 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 84 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
421
1,271st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
523
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
84
93 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Chapel-en-le-Frith

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41%
  • Serious8420%
  • Slight33379%

What the data shows

  • Chapel-en-le-Frith had 37 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 71 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Chapel-en-le-Frith were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 87 children under 16 were killed or injured in Chapel-en-le-Frith, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Chapel-en-le-Frith.

Where Chapel-en-le-Frith ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,271st
Most casualties
1,291st
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,266th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday61 (14%)
  • Tuesday50 (12%)
  • Wednesday63 (15%)
  • Thursday72 (17%)
  • Friday82 (19%)
  • Saturday58 (14%)
  • Sunday35 (8.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight311 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit91 (22%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (1.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway394 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway11 (2.6%)
  • Roundabout9 (2.1%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph369 (88%)
  • 40 mph5 (1.2%)
  • 50 mph11 (2.6%)
  • 60 mph30 (7.1%)
  • 70 mph6 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds317 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds64 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other7 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded15 (3.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant221 (42%)
  • Pedestrian145 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist72 (14%)
  • Cyclist46 (8.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant20 (3.8%)
  • Van occupant12 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Chapel-en-le-Frith road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Chapel-en-le-Frith, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Chapel-en-le-Frith peaked at 23 in 1982; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202588
202422
202323
202244
202145
202011
201911
2018413
201722
2016911
201555
20141111
201389
201249
201178
201056
200989
20081114
2007910
200633
200589
200468
20031113
20021414
20011113
20001316
199999
1998611
199799
199689
19951421
19941012
199378
1992910
19911314
19901111
19891012
1988914
19871214
1986912
19851521
19841826
19831214
19822332
19811519
19801011
19792127

Map of recent crashes in Chapel-en-le-Frith

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Chapel-en-le-Frith

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Chapel-en-le-Frith

The 24 most recent collisions in Chapel-en-le-Frith happened between 21 March 2018 and 3 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Chapel-en-le-Frith

The B5470 has the most collisions in Chapel-en-le-Frith, 155 of 421 (37%), followed by the A6 (119).

Collisions in Chapel-en-le-Frith on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB5470155179027
2ndA6119160228
3rdA624273715
4thA62591604

Council area for Chapel-en-le-Frith

Chapel-en-le-Frith is in High Peak, where police recorded 13,329 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Chapel-en-le-Frith accounts for 3.2% of them.

Postcode district for Chapel-en-le-Frith

Of the 421 collisions in Chapel-en-le-Frith, 419 (99.5%) were in the SK23 postcode district.