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Middlewich road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 934 road traffic collisions in Middlewich, Cheshire East, from 1980 to 2025, and 1,181 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 137 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 13 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
934
792nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,181
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
14
16 people killed
Serious collisions
137
150 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
13 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
18 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Middlewich

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal141.5%
  • Serious13715%
  • Slight78384%

What the data shows

  • Middlewich had 107 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 200 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Middlewich were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 167 children under 16 were killed or injured in Middlewich, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Middlewich.

Where Middlewich ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
792nd
Most casualties
798th
Most fatal collisions
669th
Most serious collisions
926th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday149 (16%)
  • Tuesday129 (14%)
  • Wednesday139 (15%)
  • Thursday150 (16%)
  • Friday154 (16%)
  • Saturday118 (13%)
  • Sunday95 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight668 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit208 (22%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit36 (3.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway811 (87%)
  • One way street or slip road67 (7.2%)
  • Dual carriageway37 (4%)
  • Roundabout16 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph780 (84%)
  • 40 mph83 (8.9%)
  • 60 mph66 (7.1%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds758 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds120 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1%)
  • Fog or mist7 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.5%)
  • Other9 (1%)
  • Not recorded16 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant608 (51%)
  • Pedestrian196 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist160 (14%)
  • Cyclist148 (13%)
  • Van occupant26 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)18 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Middlewich road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Middlewich, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Middlewich peaked at 41 in 1995; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202568
20241318
20231010
20221113
20211316
2020911
201933
20181618
20171622
20161013
20152128
20141416
20131619
20121720
20112334
20101518
20092938
20081421
20072634
20062533
20052230
20042730
20032230
20022330
20012943
20003954
19992029
19982533
19971723
19963041
19954152
19942026
19931218
19923032
19912635
19903039
19891922
19882628
19872729
19862631
19852833
19842729
19832026
19821415
19811718
19801012

Map of recent crashes in Middlewich

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Middlewich

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Middlewich

The 24 most recent collisions in Middlewich happened between 6 September 2023 and 7 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Middlewich

The A533 has the most collisions in Middlewich, 265 of 934 (28%), followed by the A54 (245).

Collisions in Middlewich on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA533265350946
2ndA54245310531
3rdA5307510308
4thB5309202604
5thB5081101504

Council area for Middlewich

Middlewich is in Cheshire East, where police recorded 60,751 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Middlewich accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Middlewich

All 934 collisions in Middlewich were in the CW10 postcode district.