Road crashes in Ribble Valley

3,597 recorded collisions since 2000.

Ribble Valley has recorded 3,597 road collisions since 2000, 92 of them fatal and 833 causing serious injury. That makes it the 332nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 26% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 25.6 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 47% since 2000, from 188 to 100 in 2024. The A59 is the most affected road locally, with 662 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.