Road crashes in Trafford

10,332 recorded collisions since 2000.

Trafford has recorded 10,332 road collisions since 2000, 137 of them fatal and 1,208 causing serious injury. That makes it the 133rd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 13% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 13.3 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 80% since 2000, from 937 to 190 in 2024. The A56 is the most affected road locally, with 1,561 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.