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Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,036 road traffic collisions in Cheadle, Staffordshire Moorlands, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,298 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 15 were fatal and 158 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,036
737th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,298
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
15
15 people killed
Serious collisions
158
169 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cheadle

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal151.4%
  • Serious15815%
  • Slight86383%

What the data shows

  • Cheadle had 81 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 156 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Cheadle were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 249 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cheadle, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Cheadle.

Where Cheadle ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
737th
Most casualties
737th
Most fatal collisions
628th
Most serious collisions
834th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday130 (13%)
  • Tuesday144 (14%)
  • Wednesday154 (15%)
  • Thursday153 (15%)
  • Friday211 (20%)
  • Saturday151 (15%)
  • Sunday93 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight758 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit245 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting19 (1.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway963 (93%)
  • One way street or slip road34 (3.3%)
  • Roundabout32 (3.1%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph891 (86%)
  • 40 mph60 (5.8%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph74 (7.1%)
  • 70 mph7 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds809 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds155 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist12 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (1.1%)
  • Other14 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant621 (48%)
  • Pedestrian320 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist189 (15%)
  • Cyclist114 (8.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant23 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant18 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cheadle road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cheadle, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cheadle peaked at 42 in 1985; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251012
2024711
202334
202244
202146
2020811
2019816
20181118
20171015
20161620
20151113
201489
20131213
20121620
20111621
20101625
20091417
20081621
20072734
20062029
20052328
20043743
20033646
20022843
20011517
20003743
19992433
19983133
19973141
19961922
19954151
19943242
19932728
19923239
19912024
19903036
19893242
19882327
19872937
19863639
19854250
19843443
19832933
19822430
19813037
19802530
19793242

Map of recent crashes in Cheadle

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cheadle

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cheadle

The 24 most recent collisions in Cheadle happened between 11 March 2022 and 28 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cheadle

The A522 has the most collisions in Cheadle, 363 of 1,036 (35%), followed by the A521 (286).

Collisions in Cheadle on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA522363458449
2ndA521286374742
3rdB50326176215
4thB5417516408

Council area for Cheadle

Cheadle is in the Staffordshire Moorlands, where police recorded 15,138 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cheadle accounts for 6.8% of them.

Postcode district for Cheadle

All 1,036 collisions in Cheadle were in the ST10 postcode district.