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South Lakeland road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 184 road traffic collisions in South Lakeland in 2025, and 231 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 66 were serious.

Collisions were down 7% on 2024 (198), and casualties fell from 234.

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 2025
184
Down 7% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
231
Down 1% on 2024
Fatal collisions
6
3.3% of collisions
Serious collisions
66
36% of collisions

Crash severity in South Lakeland in 2025

3.3% of collisions in South Lakeland in 2025 were fatal and 36% serious, against 2.5% and 24% in South Lakeland from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal63.3%
  • Serious6636%
  • Slight11261%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal62.6%
  • Serious7834%
  • Slight14764%

South Lakeland road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in South Lakeland, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 550 in 1990. 2025 is highlighted, with 184, down 7% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 184
  • 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 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday35 (19%)
  • Tuesday28 (15%)
  • Wednesday29 (16%)
  • Thursday22 (12%)
  • Friday23 (13%)
  • Saturday21 (11%)
  • Sunday26 (14%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:594 (2.2%)
  • 03:00 to 05:594 (2.2%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5915 (8.2%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5935 (19%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5936 (20%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5946 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5926 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5918 (9.8%)

Collisions by month

  • January8 (4.3%)
  • February10 (5.4%)
  • March16 (8.7%)
  • April23 (13%)
  • May21 (11%)
  • June16 (8.7%)
  • July18 (9.8%)
  • August14 (7.6%)
  • September12 (6.5%)
  • October10 (5.4%)
  • November16 (8.7%)
  • December20 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight143 (78%)
  • Dark, no street lighting31 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit9 (4.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds142 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds32 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Other4 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (2.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry113 (61%)
  • Wet or damp60 (33%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep3 (1.6%)
  • Frost or ice3 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded5 (2.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (2.7%)
  • 30 mph64 (35%)
  • 40 mph11 (6%)
  • 50 mph8 (4.3%)
  • 60 mph78 (42%)
  • 70 mph18 (9.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway157 (85%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (11%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (2.7%)
  • Roundabout2 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in South Lakeland in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant129 (56%)
  • Motorcyclist39 (17%)
  • Pedestrian27 (12%)
  • Cyclist15 (6.5%)
  • Van occupant9 (3.9%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 53 (1.3%)
  • 6 to 102 (0.9%)
  • 11 to 154 (1.7%)
  • 16 to 2035 (15%)
  • 21 to 2520 (8.7%)
  • 26 to 3527 (12%)
  • 36 to 4521 (9.1%)
  • 46 to 5525 (11%)
  • 56 to 6541 (18%)
  • 66 to 7519 (8.2%)
  • Over 7532 (14%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider142 (61%)
  • Passenger62 (27%)
  • Pedestrian27 (12%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car192 (66%)
  • Motorcycle39 (13%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes27 (9.3%)
  • Pedal cycle15 (5.2%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes7 (2.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle3 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car3 (1%)
  • Bus or coach1 (0.3%)
  • Minibus1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for South Lakeland in 2025

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

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 South Lakeland in 2025

Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness, LA12 0AN area was the busiest accident hotspot in South Lakeland in 2025, with 11 collisions, 4 of them serious.

Roads in South Lakeland with the most crashes in 2025

The A590 had the most collisions in South Lakeland in 2025: 22, including 8 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in South Lakeland, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA590223008
2ndA5912133111
3rdA69904
4thA68481006
5thA5927711
6thA657702
7thM67702
8thA50746801
9thA59351012
10thA6834410
11thB52774402
12thB52814402
13thA50873300
14thA5953411
15thA6853301
16thA50842200
17thB52782201
18thA50921201
19thA52841100
20thA60701110

Towns in South Lakeland: crashes in 2025

Kendal had the most collisions of any town in South Lakeland in 2025: 20.

Postcode districts in South Lakeland: crashes in 2025

LA12 had the most collisions of any postcode district in South Lakeland in 2025: 37.

Westmorland and Furness and its former districts in 2025

Westmorland and Furness recorded 393 collisions in 2025, and 47% of them were in the old South Lakeland district.

Other former districts in Westmorland and Furness

Latest crashes in South Lakeland in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in South Lakeland in 2025, none were fatal and 6 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2025.

Severity

South Lakeland road accidents in other years