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Wheelock road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 125 road traffic collisions in Wheelock, Cheshire East, from 1981 to 2025, and 161 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 16 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1981
125
2,528th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
161
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
16
17 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wheelock

Collisions by severity, 1981 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious1613%
  • Slight10987%

What the data shows

  • Wheelock had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 11% fewer than the 19 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in Wheelock were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 17 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wheelock, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Wheelock.

Where Wheelock ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,528th
Most casualties
2,582nd
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,810th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (15%)
  • Tuesday19 (15%)
  • Wednesday25 (20%)
  • Thursday18 (14%)
  • Friday20 (16%)
  • Saturday12 (9.6%)
  • Sunday12 (9.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight97 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit22 (18%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (3.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway121 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2.4%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph95 (76%)
  • 40 mph25 (20%)
  • 60 mph5 (4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds102 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other3 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant88 (55%)
  • Cyclist26 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (13%)
  • Pedestrian20 (12%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wheelock road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wheelock, 1981 to 2025

Collisions in Wheelock peaked at 8 in 1985; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202333
202212
202111
202011
201934
201855
201711
201600
201500
201422
201300
201211
201135
201000
200934
200814
200744
200655
200535
200411
200347
200233
200148
200045
199944
199811
199749
199657
199567
199433
199333
199211
199123
199055
198934
198833
198745
198633
1985810
198435
198344
198245
198146

Map of recent crashes in Wheelock

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wheelock

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wheelock

The 24 most recent collisions in Wheelock happened between 10 December 2009 and 30 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wheelock

The A534 has the most collisions in Wheelock, 64 of 125 (51%), followed by the B5079 (17).

Collisions in Wheelock on each road, 1981 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5346484011
2ndB5079172201

Council area for Wheelock

Wheelock is in Cheshire East, where police recorded 60,751 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wheelock accounts for 0.2% of them.

Postcode district for Wheelock

All 125 collisions in Wheelock were in the CW11 postcode district.