Road crashes in Knowsley

8,177 recorded collisions since 2000.

Knowsley has recorded 8,177 road collisions since 2000, 79 of them fatal and 1,126 causing serious injury. That makes it the 182nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 9.7 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 74% since 2000, from 701 to 185 in 2024. The A57 is the most affected road locally, with 653 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.