ITV has never shocked fans like this: Emmerdale and Coronation Street will officially “cross over” in the historic event of CorrieDale, airing in early January 2026.

And according to the recently leaked trailer, this is not just a crossover – it’s a cinematic-level disaster.

The opening scene: a chain-reaction accident involving the main characters of the two villages.

Cain Dingle, Charity, and Jacob Gallagher from Emmerdale collide head-on with David Platt, Shona, and Asha Alahan from Corrie.

Cars burn, snow falls, screams echo in the night – the trailer is only 30 seconds long but enough to leave viewers stunned. And on the hospital bed, the nameplate “TATE” leads everyone to suspect Kim Tate is the one who died.

According to internal leaks, this accident is no coincidence. A mysterious driver – believed to be John Sugden, the long-lost killer – has returned. He crashes into the convoy as they travel from Home Farm to Weatherfield. A flashback shows him laughing coldly: “I just want you to feel what I went through.”

From that accident, both worlds collapse in a chain reaction. Emmerdale loses contact with Cain and Charity; in Corrie, Shona cries as David is trapped under a car. Fans have called CorrieDale “the most tragic crossover disaster in British soap history.”

ITV confirms at least two characters will die, one of them a long-time character. The community is fiercely debating: Will Joe Tate sacrifice himself to save Kim’s mother? Or will Cain Dingle be the one who doesn’t return?