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Davenham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1980
552
1,092nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
708
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
82
93 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Davenham

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal71.3%
  • Serious8215%
  • Slight46384%

What the data shows

  • Davenham had 51 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 95 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Davenham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 104 children under 16 were killed or injured in Davenham, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Davenham.

Where Davenham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,092nd
Most casualties
1,096th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,288th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday77 (14%)
  • Tuesday79 (14%)
  • Wednesday83 (15%)
  • Thursday97 (18%)
  • Friday99 (18%)
  • Saturday66 (12%)
  • Sunday51 (9.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight418 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit110 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit18 (3.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway441 (80%)
  • Dual carriageway74 (13%)
  • One way street or slip road18 (3.3%)
  • Roundabout16 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph9 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph413 (75%)
  • 40 mph43 (7.8%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph29 (5.3%)
  • 70 mph56 (10%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds445 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds80 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.5%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other9 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant390 (55%)
  • Pedestrian94 (13%)
  • Cyclist91 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist91 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant19 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant10 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Davenham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Davenham, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Davenham peaked at 25 in 1998; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202444
202355
2022813
202155
202045
201956
2018811
201778
201644
2015613
2014810
201389
2012910
20111212
20101215
200978
200866
20071314
20061422
2005810
20041720
20031824
20021218
20011518
20001321
19991115
19982536
19971518
19961827
19952031
19941619
19931923
19921115
19911215
19901821
19891819
19881215
19871315
19861414
19851823
19841519
19832026
19821826
19812227
1980812

Map of recent crashes in Davenham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Davenham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Davenham

The 24 most recent collisions in Davenham happened between 30 September 2020 and 10 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Davenham

The A533 has the most collisions in Davenham, 287 of 552 (52%), followed by the A556 (60).

Collisions in Davenham on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA533287386140
2ndA5566087514
3rdB5336203006

Council area for Davenham

Davenham is in Cheshire West and Chester, where police recorded 52,656 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Davenham accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Davenham

All 552 collisions in Davenham were in the CW9 postcode district.