Road crashes in Hyndburn

5,594 recorded collisions since 2000.

Hyndburn has recorded 5,594 road collisions since 2000, 62 of them fatal and 943 causing serious injury. That makes it the 283rd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 11.1 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 50% since 2000, from 303 to 151 in 2024. The A680 is the most affected road locally, with 618 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.