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South Lakeland road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 525 road traffic collisions in South Lakeland in 1979, and 778 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 178 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 18,124 collisions in South Lakeland.

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

Collisions in 1979
525
Casualties in 1979
778
Fatal collisions
14
2.7% of collisions
Serious collisions
178
34% of collisions

Crash severity in South Lakeland in 1979

2.7% of collisions in South Lakeland in 1979 were fatal and 34% serious, against 2.5% and 24% in South Lakeland from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal142.7%
  • Serious17834%
  • Slight33363%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal151.9%
  • Serious23931%
  • Slight52467%

South Lakeland road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in South Lakeland, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 550 in 1990. 1979 is highlighted, with 525.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025184231
2024198234
2023222288
2022220283
2021169251
2020172221
2019257350
2018243326
2017293415
2016294379
2015278379
2014302388
2013278401
2012265367
2011284385
2010328458
2009340453
2008388538
2007422604
2006422624
2005422592
2004410593
2003386520
2002435662
2001384561
2000446634
1999493714
1998471662
1997475716
1996475685
1995436636
1994425608
1993454668
1992415603
1991464667
1990550776
1989496707
1988478680
1987497689
1986508722
1985505670
1984466661
1983450663
1982483703
1981521741
1980495709
1979525778

When and where crashes happen in South Lakeland in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday70 (13%)
  • Tuesday56 (11%)
  • Wednesday55 (10%)
  • Thursday67 (13%)
  • Friday97 (18%)
  • Saturday99 (19%)
  • Sunday81 (15%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5920 (3.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:597 (1.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5948 (9.1%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5964 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:59102 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59125 (24%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5984 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5975 (14%)

Collisions by month

  • January32 (6.1%)
  • February25 (4.8%)
  • March46 (8.8%)
  • April56 (11%)
  • May38 (7.2%)
  • June36 (6.9%)
  • July57 (11%)
  • August62 (12%)
  • September52 (9.9%)
  • October38 (7.2%)
  • November37 (7%)
  • December46 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight369 (70%)
  • Dark, no street lighting112 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights lit44 (8.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds341 (65%)
  • Raining, no high winds66 (13%)
  • Snowing, no high winds19 (3.6%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.8%)
  • Other77 (15%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry312 (59%)
  • Wet or damp166 (32%)
  • Snow36 (6.9%)
  • Frost or ice10 (1.9%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph156 (30%)
  • 40 mph17 (3.2%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 70 mph351 (67%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway417 (79%)
  • Dual carriageway52 (9.9%)
  • One way street or slip road26 (5%)
  • Roundabout7 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded23 (4.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in South Lakeland in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant410 (53%)
  • Motorcyclist158 (20%)
  • Pedestrian87 (11%)
  • Cyclist41 (5.3%)
  • Van occupant26 (3.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)23 (3%)
  • Minibus occupant18 (2.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.5%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 524 (3.1%)
  • 6 to 1032 (4.1%)
  • 11 to 1547 (6%)
  • 16 to 20206 (26%)
  • 21 to 25105 (13%)
  • 26 to 35105 (13%)
  • 36 to 4577 (9.9%)
  • 46 to 5559 (7.6%)
  • 56 to 6564 (8.2%)
  • 66 to 7544 (5.7%)
  • Over 7515 (1.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider412 (53%)
  • Passenger279 (36%)
  • Pedestrian87 (11%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car544 (62%)
  • Motorcycle152 (17%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes59 (6.7%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes48 (5.5%)
  • Pedal cycle41 (4.7%)
  • Other vehicle15 (1.7%)
  • Bus or coach9 (1%)
  • Minibus9 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for South Lakeland in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in South Lakeland

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in South Lakeland with the most crashes in 1979

The A590 had the most collisions in South Lakeland in 1979: 68, including 2 fatal and 26 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in South Lakeland, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5906899226
2ndA5915191616
3rdA6415216
4thM63669211
5thA65244216
6thA6842337011
7thA592182608
8thA5074162308
9thA5284111404
10thA595111804
11thA68591204
12thB528291805
13thA59381404
14thB52868903
15thA50877902
16thB528471204
17thA50926802
18thB52776902
19thA6835602
20thB52815601

Towns in South Lakeland: crashes in 1979

Kendal had the most collisions of any town in South Lakeland in 1979: 51.

Postcode districts in South Lakeland: crashes in 1979

LA12 had the most collisions of any postcode district in South Lakeland in 1979: 83.

Westmorland and Furness and its former districts in 1979

Westmorland and Furness recorded 1,151 collisions in 1979, and 46% of them were in the old South Lakeland district.

Other former districts in Westmorland and Furness

Latest crashes in South Lakeland in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in South Lakeland in 1979, none were fatal and 6 were serious. The last was on 30 December 1979.

Severity

South Lakeland road accidents in other years