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Elworth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 357 road traffic collisions in Elworth, Cheshire East, from 1980 to 2025, and 444 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 66 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
357
1,402nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
444
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
66
71 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Elworth

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal10.3%
  • Serious6618%
  • Slight29081%

What the data shows

  • Elworth had 48 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 77 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Elworth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 44 children under 16 were killed or injured in Elworth, 9.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Elworth.

Where Elworth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,402nd
Most casualties
1,434th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,487th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday50 (14%)
  • Tuesday54 (15%)
  • Wednesday54 (15%)
  • Thursday52 (15%)
  • Friday64 (18%)
  • Saturday46 (13%)
  • Sunday37 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight248 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit80 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (3.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit13 (3.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway349 (98%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.8%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph254 (71%)
  • 40 mph61 (17%)
  • 60 mph36 (10%)
  • 70 mph5 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds292 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds39 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (2%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Other8 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant231 (52%)
  • Motorcyclist69 (16%)
  • Cyclist65 (15%)
  • Pedestrian54 (12%)
  • Van occupant11 (2.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Elworth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Elworth, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Elworth peaked at 17 in 1987; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
202446
202323
2022911
202168
202022
201966
201869
201733
201656
201588
20141212
201334
201266
201167
201078
20091112
2008716
20071013
2006711
200568
200444
20031114
20021415
2001711
20001518
19991015
199888
199759
199645
199568
1994812
199389
199245
199177
19901213
19891011
19881214
19871718
1986912
198579
1984913
19831114
1982912
1981911
19801011

Map of recent crashes in Elworth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Elworth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Elworth

The 24 most recent collisions in Elworth happened between 19 June 2021 and 30 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Elworth

The A533 has the most collisions in Elworth, 163 of 357 (46%), followed by the B5079 (62).

Collisions in Elworth on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA533163206026
2ndB50796284015

Council area for Elworth

Elworth is in Cheshire East, where police recorded 60,751 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Elworth accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Elworth

All 357 collisions in Elworth were in the CW11 postcode district.