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Rudheath road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 352 road traffic collisions in Rudheath, Cheshire West and Chester, from 1980 to 2025, and 446 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 40 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
352
1,413th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
446
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
40
41 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Rudheath

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal41.1%
  • Serious4011%
  • Slight30888%

What the data shows

  • Rudheath had 32 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 72 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in Rudheath were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 78 children under 16 were killed or injured in Rudheath, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Rudheath.

Where Rudheath ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,413th
Most casualties
1,425th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,973rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday37 (11%)
  • Tuesday60 (17%)
  • Wednesday53 (15%)
  • Thursday64 (18%)
  • Friday68 (19%)
  • Saturday43 (12%)
  • Sunday27 (7.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight260 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit67 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit20 (5.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway254 (72%)
  • Dual carriageway75 (21%)
  • Roundabout21 (6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph211 (60%)
  • 40 mph14 (4%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph49 (14%)
  • 70 mph73 (21%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds295 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (9.4%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other5 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant254 (57%)
  • Cyclist69 (15%)
  • Pedestrian56 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist51 (11%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Rudheath road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rudheath, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Rudheath peaked at 21 in 2001; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202323
202255
202179
202044
201911
201823
201755
201656
201545
201467
201346
201268
201199
2010810
200966
20081012
2007911
20061011
20051316
20041114
20031115
20021416
20012126
200067
19991315
1998916
19971015
1996911
1995813
199468
199367
199266
19911619
1990915
198969
198867
198799
19861017
198547
19841113
198388
19821214
19811017
198044

Map of recent crashes in Rudheath

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Rudheath

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Rudheath

The 24 most recent collisions in Rudheath happened between 30 August 2017 and 6 August 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Rudheath

The A556 has the most collisions in Rudheath, 85 of 352 (24%), followed by the B5082 (65).

Collisions in Rudheath on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA55685136210
2ndB5082657706
3rdA530526814

Council area for Rudheath

Rudheath is in Cheshire West and Chester, where police recorded 52,656 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Rudheath accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Rudheath

All 352 collisions in Rudheath were in the CW9 postcode district.