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Sandbach road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 866 road traffic collisions in Sandbach, Cheshire East, from 1980 to 2025, and 1,076 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 126 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 15 collisions, up from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
866
828th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,076
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
12 people killed
Serious collisions
126
139 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
15
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sandbach

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal121.4%
  • Serious12615%
  • Slight72884%

What the data shows

  • Sandbach had 88 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 161 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Sandbach were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 167 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sandbach, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Sandbach.

Where Sandbach ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
828th
Most casualties
848th
Most fatal collisions
744th
Most serious collisions
972nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday132 (15%)
  • Tuesday115 (13%)
  • Wednesday131 (15%)
  • Thursday163 (19%)
  • Friday139 (16%)
  • Saturday126 (15%)
  • Sunday60 (6.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight628 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit173 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting28 (3.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit28 (3.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway757 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway61 (7%)
  • Roundabout26 (3%)
  • One way street or slip road17 (2%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph7 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph646 (75%)
  • 40 mph89 (10%)
  • 60 mph75 (8.7%)
  • 70 mph47 (5.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds694 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds103 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other25 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded12 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant520 (48%)
  • Pedestrian237 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist141 (13%)
  • Cyclist126 (12%)
  • Van occupant23 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sandbach road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sandbach, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Sandbach peaked at 31 in 1995; 2025 had 15.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 15
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251516
20241011
20231012
202299
202145
202044
201956
20181214
201745
20161517
20151623
20141010
20132023
20121314
20111113
20101722
20091934
20081929
20071416
20062234
20052939
20042834
20031923
20021420
20011621
20002629
19991824
19983038
19972530
19962941
19953152
19942633
19931822
19922428
19911313
19901214
19892832
19882223
19872931
19863136
19852831
19842329
19832227
19822836
19812830
19802023

Map of recent crashes in Sandbach

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sandbach

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sandbach

The 24 most recent collisions in Sandbach happened between 13 February 2024 and 26 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sandbach

The A533 has the most collisions in Sandbach, 257 of 866 (30%), followed by the A534 (208).

Collisions in Sandbach on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA533257315438
2ndA534208277336
3rdM6478013

Council area for Sandbach

Sandbach is in Cheshire East, where police recorded 60,751 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sandbach accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode district for Sandbach

All 866 collisions in Sandbach were in the CW11 postcode district.