England · Local authority E06000049

Driving around East Cheshire.

Understand the wider traffic picture, discuss local driving skills and find useful next steps.

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Population and household transport

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Residents aged 17–24

28,657

Mid-2025 estimate. This is an age-group count, not the number of learners.

Households without a car or van

14.5%

Census 2021. Household vehicle availability does not establish access to a practice car.

Annual traffic

3,107

Million motor-vehicle miles during 2025.

A measure of travel across this authority area, not the number of vehicles, a road’s daily flow or current congestion. DfT asks that these figures be rounded to the nearest million miles.

Reported injury collisions

579

Police-reported personal-injury collisions during 2025.

14 fatal collisions. This counts collisions, not people killed. Damage-only incidents and unreported collisions are outside this dataset.

Traffic over time

Annual million vehicle miles, rounded. Authority boundaries can change.
Year	All motor vehicles	Cars and taxis
2025	3,107	2,354
2024	2,982	2,236
2023	2,958	2,199
2022	2,894	2,132
2021	2,605	1,881
2020	2,334	1,673
2019	3,002	2,318
2018	2,912	2,247
2017	2,878	2,226
2016	2,867	2,225
2015	2,870	2,228
2014	2,859	2,252
2013	2,741	2,162
2012	2,732	2,164
2011	2,739	2,172

Road setting

Reported collisions by recorded setting, 2025
Setting	Collisions
Single carriageway	434
Dual carriageway	65
Roundabout	52
One way street	15
Slip road	13

Light conditions

Reported collisions by recorded setting, 2025
Setting	Collisions
Daylight	440
Darkness - lights lit	66
Darkness - no lighting	56
Darkness - lighting unknown	12
Darkness - lights unlit	5

More collisions does not automatically mean greater risk.

Traffic exposure, area size, road mix and reporting vary. These are counts, not comparable collision rates. Ask your instructor to choose practice environments suited to your current ability and current conditions.

Community and travel context

Census 2021 gives a historical picture of Cheshire East. These figures can help you plan the support and practical questions to discuss with an instructor.

Residents reporting a disability

17%

Census definition; not driving fitness.

Employed residents commuting as car/van drivers

48.5%

Census 2021, during coronavirus restrictions.

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Sources and matching

Traffic: DfT road traffic downloads. Collisions: DfT STATS19 2025. We match the traffic authority code to the collision’s current highway-authority code; this does not assign an instructor or test centre to that area. Local traffic estimates are less robust than regional totals. Download the source metadata and full history.