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Marple road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 849 road traffic collisions in Marple, Stockport, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,060 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 112 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
849
846th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,060
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
14
16 people killed
Serious collisions
112
124 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Marple

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal141.6%
  • Serious11213%
  • Slight72385%

What the data shows

  • Marple had 46 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 59% fewer than the 112 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Marple were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 194 children under 16 were killed or injured in Marple, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Marple.

Where Marple ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
846th
Most casualties
853rd
Most fatal collisions
669th
Most serious collisions
1,060th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday106 (12%)
  • Tuesday120 (14%)
  • Wednesday123 (14%)
  • Thursday150 (18%)
  • Friday157 (18%)
  • Saturday101 (12%)
  • Sunday92 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight596 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit241 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway768 (90%)
  • Roundabout29 (3.4%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (2.2%)
  • One way street or slip road16 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded17 (2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph845 (100%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds661 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds123 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds19 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.4%)
  • Other12 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant482 (45%)
  • Pedestrian270 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist153 (14%)
  • Cyclist101 (9.5%)
  • Van occupant20 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant18 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Marple road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Marple, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Marple peaked at 33 in 1994; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202466
202377
202223
202145
202033
201979
2018811
201733
201655
201579
20141316
201389
201256
201167
2010911
20091011
20081518
20071721
20062228
20051624
20042025
20032533
20022431
20012330
20002732
19993145
19983143
19972842
19962032
19951617
19943350
19932325
19921416
19912835
19903243
19892929
19882022
19872728
19862738
19852732
19842630
19832530
19823036
19812629
19803037
19793337

Map of recent crashes in Marple

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Marple

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Marple

The 24 most recent collisions in Marple happened between 26 October 2019 and 22 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Marple

The A626 has the most collisions in Marple, 339 of 849 (40%), followed by the B6101 (106).

Collisions in Marple on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA626339417540
2ndB6101106133212

Council area for Marple

Marple is in Stockport, where police recorded 36,605 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Marple accounts for 2.3% of them.

Postcode district for Marple

All 849 collisions in Marple were in the SK6 postcode district.