Road crashes in Wigan

14,458 recorded collisions since 2000.

Wigan has recorded 14,458 road collisions since 2000, 194 of them fatal and 1,905 causing serious injury. That makes it the 80th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 13.4 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 78% since 2000, from 1,269 to 275 in 2024. The A577 is the most affected road locally, with 1,626 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.