The A57: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 400 people were killed or seriously injured in 324 collisions on the A57, making it the 25th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
324
serious or fatal collisions
400
people killed or seriously injured
27
collisions that took a life
#25
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A57 carries 1,143 recorded injury collisions over the period, 324 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in High Peak, Manchester, Liverpool, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 8%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 30 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2023 with 74 serious collisions, and the count is up 25% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A57
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
- High Peak52 KSI
- Manchester51 KSI
- Liverpool39 KSI
- Salford30 KSI
- Sheffield28 KSI
- Tameside20 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A57
2025: 69 (down 1.4% on the year before) · peak 74 in 2023 · +25.5% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A57
How many accidents happen on the A57?
Police recorded 1,143 injury collisions on the A57 over 2021–2025, of which 324 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 400 people killed or seriously injured, including 27 fatal collisions.
Is the A57 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 25 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 22 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 A57 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in High Peak, Manchester, Liverpool. 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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