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Fatal A570 crash in West Lancashire on 25 September 2025 at 11:30 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A570 in West Lancashire at 11:30 on Thursday 25 September 2025. The 23-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
25 Sep 2025
Thursday, 11:30
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.56674, longitude -2.88334, in the L39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ormskirk. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ormskirk West, West Lancashire, L39 3QG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lancashire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025041646512
Council area
West Lancashire
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
570
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Authorised person
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 August 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    10,837 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 23, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2025041646512 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lancashire road accident statistics for 2025.