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Warrington road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 31,786 road traffic collisions in Warrington from 1979 to 2025, and 43,315 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 417 were fatal and 4,520 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 328 collisions, up 21% on 2024 (270), and casualties rose from 340 to 412.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
31,786
87th highest of 351 areas
Casualties
43,315
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
417
1.3% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
328
Up 21% on 2024

Crash severity in Warrington

1.3% of collisions in Warrington from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 14% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal4171.3%
  • Serious4,52014%
  • Slight26,84984%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal4451%
  • Serious5,16312%
  • Slight37,70787%

Warrington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Warrington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 1,066 in 1999. In 2025 there were 328, up 21% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 328
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025328412
2024270340
2023313398
2022325382
2021323385
2020263323
2019354454
2018438591
2017480603
2016493610
2015505687
2014554717
2013539731
2012611827
2011638892
2010655938
2009688989
20087281,011
20077821,048
20068111,156
20058221,184
20048761,190
20038921,271
20028401,236
20019051,323
20009311,368
19991,0661,612
19981,0571,516
19979661,413
19969501,381
19951,0431,502
19949421,410
19937861,093
19927921,106
1991739985
1990750966
19898341,088
1988735930
1987684877
1986686882
1985654816
1984633751
1983603740
1982671858
1981641797
1980611772
1979579754

When and where crashes happen in Warrington

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday4,567 (14%)
  • Tuesday4,803 (15%)
  • Wednesday4,826 (15%)
  • Thursday4,922 (15%)
  • Friday5,495 (17%)
  • Saturday3,978 (13%)
  • Sunday3,195 (10%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:59975 (3.1%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59536 (1.7%)
  • 06:00 to 08:594,429 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:594,291 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:595,741 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:598,148 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:595,031 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:592,635 (8.3%)

Collisions by month

  • January2,503 (7.9%)
  • February2,271 (7.1%)
  • March2,464 (7.8%)
  • April2,464 (7.8%)
  • May2,596 (8.2%)
  • June2,559 (8.1%)
  • July2,666 (8.4%)
  • August2,609 (8.2%)
  • September2,833 (8.9%)
  • October2,963 (9.3%)
  • November3,127 (9.8%)
  • December2,731 (8.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight23,275 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit6,563 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1,058 (3.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting676 (2.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown214 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds24,346 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds4,736 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds545 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds501 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist200 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds144 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds28 (0.1%)
  • Other988 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded298 (0.9%)

Road surface

  • Dry19,692 (62%)
  • Wet or damp11,364 (36%)
  • Frost or ice500 (1.6%)
  • Snow152 (0.5%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep27 (0.1%)
  • Oil or diesel16 (0.1%)
  • Mud2 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded33 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph7 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph2 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph427 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph19,803 (62%)
  • 40 mph2,390 (7.5%)
  • 50 mph507 (1.6%)
  • 60 mph3,336 (10%)
  • 70 mph5,309 (17%)
  • Not recorded5 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway20,476 (64%)
  • Dual carriageway7,352 (23%)
  • Roundabout2,788 (8.8%)
  • One way street or slip road1,014 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded156 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Warrington

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant26,722 (62%)
  • Pedestrian4,854 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist4,393 (10%)
  • Cyclist4,009 (9.3%)
  • Van occupant1,311 (3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)815 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant690 (1.6%)
  • Minibus occupant204 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant165 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant113 (0.3%)
  • Other29 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded10 (under 0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51,006 (2.3%)
  • 6 to 101,759 (4.1%)
  • 11 to 152,549 (5.9%)
  • 16 to 207,053 (16%)
  • 21 to 255,893 (14%)
  • 26 to 358,786 (20%)
  • 36 to 456,313 (15%)
  • 46 to 554,614 (11%)
  • 56 to 652,729 (6.3%)
  • 66 to 751,514 (3.5%)
  • Over 75976 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded123 (0.3%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider27,399 (63%)
  • Passenger11,062 (26%)
  • Pedestrian4,854 (11%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car43,947 (72%)
  • Motorcycle4,479 (7.3%)
  • Pedal cycle4,093 (6.7%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes3,455 (5.7%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes3,210 (5.3%)
  • Bus or coach859 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle348 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car266 (0.4%)
  • Minibus195 (0.3%)
  • Agricultural vehicle34 (0.1%)
  • Other54 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded16 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Warrington

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

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Warrington ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Warrington had the 87th most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
87th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
86th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
Joint 120th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
Joint 129th
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
84thPeterborough32,70944,2434525,621
85thSwansea32,04342,7893873,550
86thBexley31,80339,7292734,920
87thWarrington (this area)31,78643,3154174,520
88thEast Suffolk31,55242,0305086,583
89thOldham31,50442,4033854,136
90thMilton Keynes31,26244,4345024,425

Accident hotspots in Warrington

Bewsey and Whitecross, Warrington, WA1 1AQ area is the busiest accident hotspot in Warrington, with 1,584 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 7 of them fatal.

Roads in Warrington with the most crashes

The A49 had the most collisions in Warrington from 1979 to 2025: 3,420, including 40 fatal and 422 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Warrington, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA493,4204,52740422
2ndA572,7133,72152396
3rdM62,4094,05751265
4thA5742,1142,83020280
5thA501,9662,48920286
6thM621,4232,28833178
7thA561,0321,48716195
8thA56260286913109
9thA5061564774158
10thM565459311379
11thA6144232322436
12thA5060228340225
13thB5210200237415
14thB5212181243340
15thB5157160225336
16thB5207144189224
17thB5356135183222
18thA579133202327
19thB5156124156316
20thB520497142416

Towns in Warrington

Warrington itself had the most collisions of any town in the area from 1979 to 2025: 18,242.

Postcode districts in Warrington

WA2 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Warrington from 1979 to 2025: 7,785.

Latest crashes in Warrington

Of the latest 24 crashes in Warrington, none were fatal and 8 were serious. The most recent was on 27 December 2025.

Severity