Accident hotspots in Chester: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 163 road collisions in Chester in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
53.3
Road Risk Score
Chester ranks 54 of 125 towns we score — band C, around average
55.7 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents, 50.6 vehicle crimes per 100,000, 49.1% of collisions involving someone outside a car, and a five-year trend of +10.1%. How the score works.
Vulnerable road users in Chester (2025)
27 of Chester's 163 collisions (17%) involved pedestrians; 33 of Chester's 163 collisions (20%) involved cyclists; 20 of Chester's 163 collisions (12%) involved motorcyclists. Together those collisions left 24 people killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Collisions | Share of all collisions | Killed or seriously injured | Serious-outcome rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 27 | 17% | 8 | 30% |
| Cyclists | 33 | 20% | 5 | 15% |
| Motorcyclists | 20 | 12% | 11 | 55% |
21 of Chester’s collisions in 2025 involved a child casualty.
Chester’s busiest collision clusters (2025)
Each circle is a ~100m cluster of police-reported collisions. Larger circles = more collisions; red = at least one death. Click a circle for details.
The short answer
Chester recorded 163 police-reported collisions in 2025 — rising (+23.5% on 2024), or about 206 per 100,000 residents. Its most stubborn risk is Hoole Roundabout, Mickle Trafford and District, a hotspot in 4 of the last 5 years.
163
Collisions in Chester (2025)
212
People injured or killed
+23.5%
Change vs 2024
~153
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Chester’s junctions that stay dangerous
These locations recorded multiple collisions in at least four of the last five years (2021–2025) — a persistent pattern, not a one-off bad year.
Hoole Roundabout, Mickle Trafford and District
A41
13 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 19 casualties · 0 serious or fatal
Chester’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A483, Dodleston | A483 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Posthouse Roundabout, Eaton and Eccleston | A483 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Wealstone Lane, Upton | Local road | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Parkgate Road, Saughall and Shotwick Park | A540 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Ring Road, Mickle Trafford and District | A41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What to do with this: if your regular routes cross the junctions above, they deserve extra care at peak times — these aren’t random locations, they’re where collisions repeat. For context, Chester’s rate of 206 per 100,000 residents compares with an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track. A junction with a documented five-year history is also the strongest evidence a campaign can put in front of a councillor.
Vulnerable road users in Chester in 2025: 27 collisions involved a pedestrian, 33 a cyclist and 20 a motorcyclist — overall, 206.3 collisions per 100,000 residents.
Area definition: figures cover 6km radius of the town centre. Per-100k rates use the mid-2023 ONS population estimate for the named town or district; where the area is radius-defined, treat the rate as indicative.
These figures come from the Department for Transport’s STATS19 dataset — every collision reported to the police in 2025 — clustered to roughly 100 metres and labelled via OpenStreetMap. Only police-reported incidents are included, so minor damage-only bumps are undercounted. See the full UK hotspots analysis for the national picture and methodology.
Need this cut a different way? A junction’s full history, cyclist or pedestrian casualties on their own, or a before-and-after on a scheme: we produce those, free for community groups, campaigners and journalists.
Chester over 5 years
Collisions per year in Chester
2025: 163 (up 23.5% on the year before) · peak 163 in 2025 · +10.1% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
2025 was Chester’s worst year of the period with 163 collisions, against 132 in 2024. Of 2025’s 212 casualties, 44 were killed or seriously injured (4 deaths, 40 serious).
Build the Chester story from this page
Every line below is computed from the official DfT STATS19 dataset and updates when new data is released — copy, check, publish. Free to use with a link to this page as the source.
- “Police recorded 163 road collisions in Chester in 2025, injuring or killing 212 people (DfT STATS19).
- “2025 was Chester's worst year of the last 5 (163 collisions, against 132 in 2024).
- “Chester's collision rate is 206 per 100,000 residents, against an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track.
- “27 collisions involved pedestrians, 33 collisions involved cyclists, 20 collisions involved motorcyclists — with 24 of those people killed or seriously injured.
- “21 collisions in Chester involved a child casualty in 2025.
Attribution: “Analysis by Swift Assist (swiftassistuk.co.uk) of DfT STATS19 data” with a link to this page. Methodology: how we process the data.
Chester's roads are Cheshire West and Chester's responsibility
Collisions above are counted for Chester. The body that maintains those roads, sets the speed limits and decides which junctions get fixed is Cheshire West and Chester — so that is the level at which the record can be compared with anywhere else in Britain.
Per mile driven
149 of 192
Per resident
97 of 188
Risk band
Below average
Five-year trend
broadly flat
Those two numbers disagree, and that is the story. Cheshire West and Chester sits 97 of 188 measured per resident but 149 of 192 measured per mile actually driven — a gap of 52 places. Measured against the traffic the network actually carries rather than the number of people living beside it, the record is better than the headline per-head figure implies.
The full record for Cheshire West and Chester — severity-adjusted casualties, the breakdown of who is being hurt, the darkness and ice profile, and a comparison against its ONS statistical neighbours rather than the national average — is on its own page.
Cheshire West and Chester’s full road risk record →What actually changes the odds in Chester
Data is only useful if it changes what you do. These three are picked from Chester’s own figures above, each with the number that prompted it. Every guide explains how the thing works before it suggests buying anything, and most cost less than a third of a typical insurance excess.
Helmet camera
£50–£200
20% of collisions in Chester involve someone on a bike. In a disputed pull-out, footage from the rider's viewpoint is what settles liability.
How it works →
Alarmed disc lock
£20–£50
Motorcyclists are in 12% of Chester's collisions, and bikes are also lifted rather than ridden away. An alarmed disc lock covers the theft half for about £30.
How it works →
Faraday key pouch / box
£9–£25
Even at Chester's 51 vehicle crimes per 100,000 residents, relay theft is the method that needs no tools and leaves no damage. The pouch is the cheapest thing that stops it.
How it works →
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Where cyclists are hurt across Britain, from the same records.
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