Road crashes in Pendle

5,325 recorded collisions since 2000.

Pendle has recorded 5,325 road collisions since 2000, 50 of them fatal and 1,018 causing serious injury. That makes it the 294th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 20% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 9.4 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 43% since 2000, from 251 to 143 in 2024. The A56 is the most affected road locally, with 724 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.