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Blackpool road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 26,449 road traffic collisions in Blackpool from 1979 to 2025, and 34,774 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 295 were fatal and 5,170 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 291 collisions, down 9% on 2024 (320), and casualties fell from 431 to 392.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
26,449
115th highest of 351 areas
Casualties
34,774
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
295
1.1% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
291
Down 9% on 2024

Crash severity in Blackpool

1.1% of collisions in Blackpool from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 20% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal2951.1%
  • Serious5,17020%
  • Slight20,98479%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal3060.9%
  • Serious5,68716%
  • Slight28,78183%

Blackpool road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blackpool, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 843 in 1994. In 2025 there were 291, down 9% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 291
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025291392
2024320431
2023279362
2022328444
2021330432
2020245308
2019321396
2018345452
2017384511
2016416563
2015373502
2014403560
2013429582
2012463619
2011450588
2010499692
2009533720
2008494659
2007505696
2006501673
2005476638
2004494641
2003523678
2002649866
2001664927
2000606841
1999662893
1998691927
19977331,092
19967541,072
19957781,095
19948431,185
19937561,057
1992730933
1991701899
1990709898
1989691870
1988713872
1987693840
1986676843
1985741913
1984743910
1983694834
1982737905
1981699864
1980683840
1979701859

When and where crashes happen in Blackpool

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday3,691 (14%)
  • Tuesday3,570 (13%)
  • Wednesday3,632 (14%)
  • Thursday3,680 (14%)
  • Friday4,368 (17%)
  • Saturday4,258 (16%)
  • Sunday3,250 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:591,306 (4.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59360 (1.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:592,177 (8.2%)
  • 09:00 to 11:593,510 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:594,929 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:597,119 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:594,285 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:592,763 (10%)

Collisions by month

  • January1,865 (7.1%)
  • February1,700 (6.4%)
  • March1,944 (7.3%)
  • April2,099 (7.9%)
  • May2,192 (8.3%)
  • June2,158 (8.2%)
  • July2,433 (9.2%)
  • August2,685 (10%)
  • September2,517 (9.5%)
  • October2,696 (10%)
  • November2,157 (8.2%)
  • December2,003 (7.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight18,733 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit7,401 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown171 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit88 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting56 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds21,349 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds3,553 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds517 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds367 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds87 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist63 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (under 0.1%)
  • Other192 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded315 (1.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry18,704 (71%)
  • Wet or damp7,386 (28%)
  • Frost or ice249 (0.9%)
  • Snow73 (0.3%)
  • Mud8 (under 0.1%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep7 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded22 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph15 (0.1%)
  • 15 mph4 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph423 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph24,776 (94%)
  • 40 mph1,043 (3.9%)
  • 50 mph32 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph56 (0.2%)
  • 70 mph89 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded11 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway21,311 (81%)
  • Dual carriageway2,553 (9.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1,416 (5.4%)
  • Roundabout913 (3.5%)
  • Not recorded256 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Blackpool

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant17,198 (49%)
  • Pedestrian8,282 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist3,727 (11%)
  • Cyclist3,024 (8.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant737 (2.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant717 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant643 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant207 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant115 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)59 (0.2%)
  • Other48 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded17 (under 0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51,077 (3.1%)
  • 6 to 102,045 (5.9%)
  • 11 to 152,358 (6.8%)
  • 16 to 205,700 (16%)
  • 21 to 254,294 (12%)
  • 26 to 355,573 (16%)
  • 36 to 454,252 (12%)
  • 46 to 553,312 (9.5%)
  • 56 to 652,524 (7.3%)
  • 66 to 751,855 (5.3%)
  • Over 751,542 (4.4%)
  • Not recorded242 (0.7%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider17,994 (52%)
  • Passenger8,498 (24%)
  • Pedestrian8,282 (24%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car33,079 (72%)
  • Motorcycle3,978 (8.7%)
  • Pedal cycle3,138 (6.9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes2,037 (4.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1,245 (2.7%)
  • Bus or coach1,152 (2.5%)
  • Other vehicle433 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes351 (0.8%)
  • Minibus192 (0.4%)
  • Tram47 (0.1%)
  • Other91 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded15 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Blackpool

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Blackpool

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Blackpool ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Blackpool had the 115th most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
115th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
116th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
Joint 134th
lowest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
105th
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
112thNorth Lincolnshire26,65236,9325545,678
113thRhondda Cynon Taf26,64837,1234963,869
114thHuntingdonshire26,47237,9066355,342
115thBlackpool (this area)26,44934,7742955,170
116thSt Albans25,62336,8563674,493
117thCarmarthenshire25,61937,0115967,185
118thBury25,61234,5932963,087

Accident hotspots in Blackpool

Talbot, Blackpool, FY1 4LE area is the busiest accident hotspot in Blackpool, with 1,779 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 8 of them fatal.

Roads in Blackpool with the most crashes

The A584 had the most collisions in Blackpool from 1979 to 2025: 2,913, including 66 fatal and 679 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Blackpool, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5842,9133,98366679
2ndA5832,2143,03923373
3rdA5871,9352,62335364
4thA5861,4701,80913278
5thA50999201,1637157
6thB51248021,0978166
7thA50737789886140
8thB52617589955162
9thB52627399313135
10thB53904706486106
11thA5230364669960
12thB52663244231072
13thB5265112156130
14thB52638096112
15thB52685170013
16thB5264405226
17thB5258242908
18thM55244811
19thA1121303
20thA5854800

Towns in Blackpool

Blackpool itself had the most collisions of any town in the area from 1979 to 2025: 24,745.

Postcode districts in Blackpool

FY1 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Blackpool from 1979 to 2025: 9,024.

Latest crashes in Blackpool

Of the latest 24 crashes in Blackpool, none were fatal and 5 were serious. The most recent was on 29 December 2025.

Severity