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Prestbury (Cheshire East) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 350 road traffic collisions in Prestbury, Cheshire East, from 1980 to 2025, and 481 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 70 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
350
1,417th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
481
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
70
82 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Prestbury

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal61.7%
  • Serious7020%
  • Slight27478%

What the data shows

  • Prestbury had 36 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 68 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Prestbury were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 35 children under 16 were killed or injured in Prestbury, 7.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in Prestbury.

Where Prestbury ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,417th
Most casualties
1,362nd
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,431st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday56 (16%)
  • Tuesday62 (18%)
  • Wednesday47 (13%)
  • Thursday56 (16%)
  • Friday52 (15%)
  • Saturday44 (13%)
  • Sunday33 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight274 (78%)
  • Dark, no street lighting60 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit10 (2.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway338 (97%)
  • Roundabout6 (1.7%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1.1%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (2.6%)
  • 30 mph209 (60%)
  • 40 mph41 (12%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph80 (23%)
  • 70 mph8 (2.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds268 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds67 (19%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other6 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant352 (73%)
  • Motorcyclist37 (7.7%)
  • Cyclist32 (6.7%)
  • Pedestrian28 (5.8%)
  • Van occupant20 (4.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Prestbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Prestbury, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Prestbury peaked at 20 in 1997; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202535
202457
202311
202267
202144
202023
201977
201822
201733
201634
201522
201456
2013914
201268
201144
201067
20091315
2008612
2007810
2006918
20051014
2004610
2003811
20021319
20011217
200056
19991623
1998915
19972028
19961425
19951010
19941115
19931016
1992810
199157
1990712
198944
198855
1987814
19861114
198588
19841115
19831114
1982810
19811012
198068

Map of recent crashes in Prestbury

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Prestbury

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Prestbury

The 24 most recent collisions in Prestbury happened between 14 September 2019 and 18 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Prestbury

The A538 has the most collisions in Prestbury, 194 of 350 (55%), followed by the B5087 (33).

Collisions in Prestbury on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA538194268339
2ndB5087334704

Council area for Prestbury

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

Postcode district for Prestbury

All 350 collisions in Prestbury were in the SK10 postcode district.