Road crashes in South Ribble

7,984 recorded collisions since 2000.

South Ribble has recorded 7,984 road collisions since 2000, 95 of them fatal and 1,404 causing serious injury. That makes it the 188th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 19% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 11.9 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 51% since 2000, from 413 to 202 in 2024. The A59 is the most affected road locally, with 782 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.