Road crashes in Warrington

15,036 recorded collisions since 2000.

Warrington has recorded 15,036 road collisions since 2000, 145 of them fatal and 2,010 causing serious injury. That makes it the 75th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 14% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 9.6 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 71% since 2000, from 931 to 270 in 2024. The A49 is the most affected road locally, with 1,601 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.