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Wardley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 134 road traffic collisions in Wardley, Salford, from 1979 to 2025, and 187 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 19 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
134
2,427th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
187
1.40 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
19
20 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wardley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal53.7%
  • Serious1914%
  • Slight11082%

What the data shows

  • Wardley had 12 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 17 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Wardley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 26 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wardley, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Wardley.

Where Wardley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,427th
Most casualties
2,354th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
2,754th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday18 (13%)
  • Tuesday23 (17%)
  • Wednesday16 (12%)
  • Thursday19 (14%)
  • Friday24 (18%)
  • Saturday10 (7.5%)
  • Sunday24 (18%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight96 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit37 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway126 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2.2%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (2.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph103 (77%)
  • 40 mph28 (21%)
  • 70 mph3 (2.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds103 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.5%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other2 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant104 (56%)
  • Pedestrian35 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist26 (14%)
  • Cyclist11 (5.9%)
  • Van occupant7 (3.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wardley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wardley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wardley peaked at 8 in 1984; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202411
202311
202211
202100
202011
201923
201800
201733
201611
201500
201411
201311
201211
201100
201059
200912
200822
200734
200634
200534
200422
200339
200222
200123
200033
199935
1998711
199736
199636
199557
199411
199323
199233
1991311
199035
198925
198877
198748
198644
198511
198489
198388
198266
198167
198068
197956

Map of recent crashes in Wardley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wardley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wardley

The 24 most recent collisions in Wardley happened between 20 August 2007 and 31 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wardley

The A6 has the most collisions in Wardley, 99 of 134 (74%), followed by the M62 (3).

Collisions in Wardley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA699143417
2ndM623310

Council area for Wardley

Wardley is in Salford, where police recorded 37,877 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wardley accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Wardley

All 134 collisions in Wardley were in the M27 postcode district.