Road crashes in Blackburn with Darwen

10,432 recorded collisions since 2000.

Blackburn with Darwen has recorded 10,432 road collisions since 2000, 72 of them fatal and 1,717 causing serious injury. That makes it the 129th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 17% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 6.9 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 47% since 2000, from 536 to 285 in 2024. The A666 is the most affected road locally, with 1,440 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.