Road crashes in Westmorland and Furness

16,615 recorded collisions since 2000.

Westmorland and Furness has recorded 16,615 road collisions since 2000, 413 of them fatal and 3,149 causing serious injury. That makes it the 63rd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 21% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 24.9 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 61% since 2000, from 972 to 383 in 2024. The A590 is the most affected road locally, with 1,690 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.