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Culcheth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 403 road traffic collisions in Culcheth, Warrington, from 1980 to 2025, and 502 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 64 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
403
1,299th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
502
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
64
68 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Culcheth

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal20.5%
  • Serious6416%
  • Slight33784%

What the data shows

  • Culcheth had 55 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 56 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Culcheth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 93 children under 16 were killed or injured in Culcheth, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Culcheth.

Where Culcheth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,299th
Most casualties
1,319th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,515th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday54 (13%)
  • Tuesday51 (13%)
  • Wednesday58 (14%)
  • Thursday61 (15%)
  • Friday81 (20%)
  • Saturday58 (14%)
  • Sunday40 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight303 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit84 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (2.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway382 (95%)
  • Roundabout11 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.2%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph385 (96%)
  • 40 mph8 (2%)
  • 60 mph5 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds311 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds48 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (3%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other6 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded9 (2.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant235 (47%)
  • Pedestrian113 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist69 (14%)
  • Cyclist65 (13%)
  • Van occupant11 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Culcheth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Culcheth, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Culcheth peaked at 19 in 1995; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202477
202356
202267
202133
202022
201979
201822
201779
20161118
201522
201458
201355
201234
20111010
201078
200967
2008610
200745
2006811
2005915
20041216
2003812
20021313
200178
20001119
1999813
199857
19971319
1996910
19951925
19941114
19931010
19921114
19911616
19901719
19891819
1988710
198778
198689
198566
19841317
19831515
19821416
19811524
19801010

Map of recent crashes in Culcheth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Culcheth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Culcheth

The 24 most recent collisions in Culcheth happened between 10 December 2021 and 26 November 2025.

Crashes by road in Culcheth

The A574 has the most collisions in Culcheth, 171 of 403 (42%), followed by the B5207 (98).

Collisions in Culcheth on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA574171218022
2ndB520798124213
3rdB5212111802

Council area for Culcheth

Culcheth is in Warrington, where police recorded 31,786 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Culcheth accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Culcheth

All 403 collisions in Culcheth were in the WA3 postcode district.