Road crashes in West Lancashire

7,420 recorded collisions since 2000.

West Lancashire has recorded 7,420 road collisions since 2000, 119 of them fatal and 1,664 causing serious injury. That makes it the 211th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 24% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 16 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 64% since 2000, from 430 to 156 in 2024. The A570 is the most affected road locally, with 847 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.