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Nantwich road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,292 road traffic collisions in Nantwich, Cheshire East, from 1980 to 2025, and 1,593 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 196 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 15 collisions, down from 16 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
1,292
628th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,593
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
11 people killed
Serious collisions
196
206 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
15
16 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Nantwich

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal90.7%
  • Serious19615%
  • Slight1,08784%

What the data shows

  • Nantwich had 174 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 25% fewer than the 232 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Nantwich were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 226 children under 16 were killed or injured in Nantwich, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Nantwich.

Where Nantwich ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
628th
Most casualties
642nd
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
712th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday180 (14%)
  • Tuesday206 (16%)
  • Wednesday195 (15%)
  • Thursday205 (16%)
  • Friday214 (17%)
  • Saturday167 (13%)
  • Sunday125 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight982 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit259 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit36 (2.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,123 (87%)
  • Roundabout87 (6.7%)
  • One way street or slip road49 (3.8%)
  • Dual carriageway15 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded18 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph13 (1%)
  • 30 mph1,093 (85%)
  • 40 mph103 (8%)
  • 60 mph79 (6.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,049 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds163 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds14 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other27 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded13 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant751 (47%)
  • Pedestrian283 (18%)
  • Cyclist276 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist233 (15%)
  • Van occupant23 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Nantwich road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Nantwich, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Nantwich peaked at 52 in 1984; 2025 had 15.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 15
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251516
20241616
20231416
20222331
20212528
202088
20191723
20181920
20172226
20161516
20151821
20142122
20132226
20121824
20111928
20102431
20092225
20083342
20072933
20062631
20053543
20044149
20033546
20022432
20012735
20003552
19993342
19984463
19972634
19962935
19952632
19942636
19933238
19922234
19913134
19903544
19892934
19884047
19873338
19864355
19853952
19845258
19833640
19823743
19813945
19803749

Map of recent crashes in Nantwich

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Nantwich

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Nantwich

The 24 most recent collisions in Nantwich happened between 21 June 2024 and 6 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Nantwich

The A51 has the most collisions in Nantwich, 321 of 1,292 (25%), followed by the A530 (260).

Collisions in Nantwich on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA51321428439
2ndA530260316138
3rdA534181222230
4thB5074546608
5thA529445305
6thA500304313
7thB5341303715

Council area for Nantwich

Nantwich is in Cheshire East, where police recorded 60,751 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Nantwich accounts for 2.1% of them.

Postcode district for Nantwich

All 1,292 collisions in Nantwich were in the CW5 postcode district.