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Cheddleton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 224 road traffic collisions in Cheddleton, Staffordshire Moorlands, from 1979 to 2025, and 312 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 40 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
224
1,834th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
312
1.39 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
3 people killed
Serious collisions
40
46 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cheddleton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.9%
  • Serious4018%
  • Slight18281%

What the data shows

  • Cheddleton had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 25 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Cheddleton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 53 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cheddleton, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 47% of collisions in Cheddleton.

Where Cheddleton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,834th
Most casualties
1,765th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,973rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday34 (15%)
  • Tuesday26 (12%)
  • Wednesday34 (15%)
  • Thursday33 (15%)
  • Friday43 (19%)
  • Saturday29 (13%)
  • Sunday25 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight153 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit63 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway219 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.9%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph171 (76%)
  • 40 mph6 (2.7%)
  • 50 mph16 (7.1%)
  • 60 mph29 (13%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds154 (69%)
  • Raining, no high winds47 (21%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Other8 (3.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant194 (62%)
  • Pedestrian53 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist25 (8%)
  • Cyclist16 (5.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (3.8%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cheddleton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cheddleton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cheddleton peaked at 14 in 1984; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202434
202334
202234
202100
202011
201900
201825
201711
201633
201511
201422
201338
201200
201122
201034
200958
200856
200711
200635
200556
200456
2003611
200255
200156
20001014
1999710
1998712
199736
199655
199546
1994911
199346
199245
1991714
199079
198967
1988914
198769
198688
19851013
19841421
1983810
1982410
198168
198077
197978

Map of recent crashes in Cheddleton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cheddleton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cheddleton

The 24 most recent collisions in Cheddleton happened between 29 August 2014 and 10 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cheddleton

Of the 224 collisions in Cheddleton, 172 were on the A520.

Collisions in Cheddleton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA520172249231

Council area for Cheddleton

Cheddleton is in the Staffordshire Moorlands, where police recorded 15,138 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cheddleton accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Cheddleton

All 224 collisions in Cheddleton were in the ST13 postcode district.