The A50: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 154 people were killed or seriously injured in 134 collisions on the A50, making it the 78th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
134
serious or fatal collisions
154
people killed or seriously injured
18
collisions that took a life
#78
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A50 carries 605 recorded injury collisions over the period, 134 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Stoke-on-Trent, Cheshire East, Warrington, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Collisions here are more likely than average to be fatal: 13% against 7% across the numbered network, which usually points to higher speeds. Most collisions were recorded on 30 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2024 with 32 serious collisions, and the count is up 35% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A50
Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.
Where along the route
- Stoke-on-Trent27 KSI
- Cheshire East27 KSI
- Warrington20 KSI
- South Derbyshire19 KSI
- Leicester11 KSI
- East Staffordshire7 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A50
2025: 31 (down 3.1% on the year before) · peak 32 in 2024 · +34.8% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A50
How many accidents happen on the A50?
Police recorded 605 injury collisions on the A50 over 2021–2025, of which 134 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 154 people killed or seriously injured, including 18 fatal collisions.
Is the A50 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 78 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 72 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.
Where on the A50 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Stoke-on-Trent, Cheshire East, Warrington. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.
Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.
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