Road crashes in Bury

10,058 recorded collisions since 2000.

Bury has recorded 10,058 road collisions since 2000, 111 of them fatal and 1,082 causing serious injury. That makes it the 137th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 12% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 11 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 80% since 2000, from 832 to 165 in 2024. The A56 is the most affected road locally, with 1,784 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.