Road crashes in Preston

13,196 recorded collisions since 2000.

Preston has recorded 13,196 road collisions since 2000, 85 of them fatal and 2,235 causing serious injury. That makes it the 89th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 6.4 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 57% since 2000, from 797 to 343 in 2024. The A6 is the most affected road locally, with 1,485 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.