Road crashes in Wyre

6,606 recorded collisions since 2000.

Wyre has recorded 6,606 road collisions since 2000, 103 of them fatal and 1,388 causing serious injury. That makes it the 247th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 23% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 15.6 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 52% since 2000, from 375 to 180 in 2024. The A585 is the most affected road locally, with 612 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.