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Holmes Chapel road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 424 road traffic collisions in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire East, from 1980 to 2025, and 569 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 68 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
424
1,267th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
569
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
68
76 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Holmes Chapel

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal81.9%
  • Serious6816%
  • Slight34882%

What the data shows

  • Holmes Chapel had 47 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 77 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Holmes Chapel were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 76 children under 16 were killed or injured in Holmes Chapel, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Holmes Chapel.

Where Holmes Chapel ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,267th
Most casualties
1,234th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,461st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday69 (16%)
  • Tuesday62 (15%)
  • Wednesday63 (15%)
  • Thursday62 (15%)
  • Friday80 (19%)
  • Saturday50 (12%)
  • Sunday38 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight315 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit73 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit17 (4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (3.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway401 (95%)
  • Roundabout16 (3.8%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph322 (76%)
  • 40 mph29 (6.8%)
  • 50 mph9 (2.1%)
  • 60 mph58 (14%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds350 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds52 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.9%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other4 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant337 (59%)
  • Pedestrian94 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist58 (10%)
  • Cyclist44 (7.7%)
  • Van occupant14 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Holmes Chapel road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Holmes Chapel, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Holmes Chapel peaked at 21 in 1997; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202466
202322
2022610
202177
202034
201922
201844
20171010
201657
2015613
201489
201389
2012811
201146
201079
200977
200848
20071517
20061015
2005911
20041012
20031214
20021012
20011727
20001421
19991118
19981321
19972132
199688
1995910
19941221
199377
19921417
1991913
199099
19891620
19881828
1987612
19861010
19851623
19841015
19831519
198257
19811113
1980811

Map of recent crashes in Holmes Chapel

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Holmes Chapel

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Holmes Chapel

The 24 most recent collisions in Holmes Chapel happened between 12 December 2020 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Holmes Chapel

The A50 has the most collisions in Holmes Chapel, 176 of 424 (42%), followed by the A54 (127).

Collisions in Holmes Chapel on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA50176240236
2ndA54127182312
3rdA535435329
4thA5333401

Council area for Holmes Chapel

Holmes Chapel is in Cheshire East, where police recorded 60,751 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Holmes Chapel accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Holmes Chapel

All 424 collisions in Holmes Chapel were in the CW4 postcode district.