Road crashes in St. Helens

9,538 recorded collisions since 2000.

St. Helens has recorded 9,538 road collisions since 2000, 129 of them fatal and 1,389 causing serious injury. That makes it the 147th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 16% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 13.5 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 71% since 2000, from 811 to 237 in 2024. The A58 is the most affected road locally, with 743 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.