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Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Altrincham, Knutsford, Lymm, Sale.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 259 collisions are on record, 5 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M56 itself, within 2 miles of J8. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M56 J8 → 12 of 14 junctions on the M56 · see where it ranks nationallyM56 J8 is at Mere & Rostherne. National Highways signs it as Mere. The nearest town is Altrincham.
Live incidents for the whole M56 are listed on the M56 traffic page, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
Police STATS19 records show 20 collisions on the M56 within 2 miles of J8, including 0 fatal and 5 serious. Counting every road in the area, 259 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 445 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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