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Wilmslow road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,094 road traffic collisions in Wilmslow, Cheshire East, from 1980 to 2025, and 2,614 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 21 were fatal and 290 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 18 collisions, down 10% on 2024 (20).

Collisions since 1980
2,094
442nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,614
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
21
23 people killed
Serious collisions
290
333 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
18
Down 10% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
18
Down 14% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Wilmslow

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal211%
  • Serious29014%
  • Slight1,78385%

What the data shows

  • Wilmslow had 225 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 297 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Wilmslow were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 332 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wilmslow, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Wilmslow.

Where Wilmslow ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
442nd
Most casualties
453rd
Most fatal collisions
473rd
Most serious collisions
523rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday276 (13%)
  • Tuesday292 (14%)
  • Wednesday318 (15%)
  • Thursday326 (16%)
  • Friday378 (18%)
  • Saturday296 (14%)
  • Sunday208 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,500 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit502 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit58 (2.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown16 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,928 (92%)
  • Roundabout65 (3.1%)
  • Dual carriageway46 (2.2%)
  • One way street or slip road46 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph1,780 (85%)
  • 40 mph225 (11%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph62 (3%)
  • 70 mph18 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,651 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds320 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds14 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other25 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded32 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,372 (52%)
  • Pedestrian506 (19%)
  • Cyclist372 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist242 (9.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant47 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant33 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant11 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wilmslow road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wilmslow, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Wilmslow peaked at 79 in 1995; 2025 had 18.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 18
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251818
20242021
20233134
20221620
20211718
20201721
20192323
20182529
20173135
20162733
20152425
20142739
20132223
20122633
20112327
20102839
20094156
20083141
20074159
20063441
20054661
20045266
20033339
20027086
20014659
20005886
19995167
19985161
19975173
19967086
199579105
19943959
19936183
19926879
19916183
19906681
19897496
19887899
19876991
19867585
19857589
19845660
19836373
19826472
19816780
19804960

Map of recent crashes in Wilmslow

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wilmslow

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wilmslow

The 24 most recent collisions in Wilmslow happened between 18 September 2024 and 25 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wilmslow

The A34 has the most collisions in Wilmslow, 387 of 2,094 (18%), followed by the A538 (385).

Collisions in Wilmslow on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA34387484543
2ndA538385483347
3rdB5086156195218
4thB5166111155216
5thB5085628019
6thB5358384515
7thA5102365808
8thA50863300

Council area for Wilmslow

Wilmslow is in Cheshire East, where police recorded 60,751 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wilmslow accounts for 3.4% of them.

Postcode district for Wilmslow

All 2,094 collisions in Wilmslow were in the SK9 postcode district.