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Copeland road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 85 road traffic collisions in Copeland in 2025, and 105 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 33 were serious.

Collisions were down 19% on 2024 (105), and casualties fell from 126.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 9,676 collisions in Copeland.

District council until April 2023, now part of Cumberland. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 2025
85
Down 19% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
105
Down 17% on 2024
Fatal collisions
3
3.5% of collisions
Serious collisions
33
39% of collisions

Crash severity in Copeland in 2025

3.5% of collisions in Copeland in 2025 were fatal and 39% serious, against 1.9% and 20% in Copeland from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal33.5%
  • Serious3339%
  • Slight4958%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal32.9%
  • Serious3634%
  • Slight6663%

Copeland road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Copeland, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 296 in 1979. 2025 is highlighted, with 85, down 19% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 85
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202585105
2024105126
2023100120
2022104137
202198121
202095126
2019137177
2018157222
2017167237
2016175251
2015166233
2014204289
2013168229
2012183261
2011153211
2010166228
2009180259
2008202267
2007218297
2006223310
2005255387
2004255386
2003248386
2002241361
2001239352
2000252355
1999235315
1998236331
1997281407
1996215287
1995226294
1994211291
1993229348
1992226310
1991233308
1990228302
1989230338
1988246343
1987254366
1986222303
1985238319
1984250324
1983230299
1982235321
1981290380
1980289409
1979296395

When and where crashes happen in Copeland in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday9 (11%)
  • Tuesday14 (16%)
  • Wednesday15 (18%)
  • Thursday9 (11%)
  • Friday13 (15%)
  • Saturday10 (12%)
  • Sunday15 (18%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:595 (5.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (2.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:599 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5912 (14%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5918 (21%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5915 (18%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5914 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5910 (12%)

Collisions by month

  • January11 (13%)
  • February6 (7.1%)
  • March8 (9.4%)
  • April9 (11%)
  • May12 (14%)
  • June4 (4.7%)
  • July8 (9.4%)
  • August4 (4.7%)
  • September8 (9.4%)
  • October5 (5.9%)
  • November4 (4.7%)
  • December6 (7.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight56 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit18 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds66 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (13%)
  • Fog or mist2 (2.4%)
  • Other4 (4.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (2.4%)

Road surface

  • Dry59 (69%)
  • Wet or damp19 (22%)
  • Frost or ice2 (2.4%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (4.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (2.4%)
  • 30 mph41 (48%)
  • 40 mph13 (15%)
  • 50 mph1 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph25 (29%)
  • 70 mph3 (3.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway73 (86%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (5.9%)
  • Roundabout4 (4.7%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (3.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Copeland in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant54 (51%)
  • Pedestrian19 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist15 (14%)
  • Cyclist9 (8.6%)
  • Van occupant5 (4.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1.9%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (1%)

Casualties by age

  • 6 to 105 (4.8%)
  • 11 to 155 (4.8%)
  • 16 to 2016 (15%)
  • 21 to 256 (5.7%)
  • 26 to 3515 (14%)
  • 36 to 4516 (15%)
  • 46 to 5512 (11%)
  • 56 to 6516 (15%)
  • 66 to 757 (6.7%)
  • Over 756 (5.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider63 (60%)
  • Passenger23 (22%)
  • Pedestrian19 (18%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car89 (65%)
  • Motorcycle15 (11%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes12 (8.8%)
  • Pedal cycle9 (6.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car4 (2.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle3 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach1 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes1 (0.7%)
  • Minibus1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Copeland in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Copeland

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

Accident hotspots in Copeland in 2025

Bransty, Cumberland, CA28 7NG area was the busiest accident hotspot in Copeland in 2025, with 9 collisions, 5 of them serious.

Roads in Copeland with the most crashes in 2025

The A595 had the most collisions in Copeland in 2025: 21, including 1 fatal and 10 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Copeland, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5952128110
2ndB53457802
3rdA50865602
4thA50934500
5thA50944402
6thB52953511
7thB53442201
8thB52941201

Towns in Copeland: crashes in 2025

Whitehaven had the most collisions of any town in Copeland in 2025: 23.

Postcode districts in Copeland: crashes in 2025

CA28 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Copeland in 2025: 41.

Cumberland and its former districts in 2025

Cumberland recorded 388 collisions in 2025, and 22% of them were in the old Copeland district.

Other former districts in Cumberland

Latest crashes in Copeland in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Copeland in 2025, none were fatal and 8 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2025.

Severity

Copeland road accidents in other years