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Ainsdale, Sefton, PR8 2QA area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 62 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Ainsdale ward, Sefton, from 2001 to 2025, with 95 casualties. Of those collisions, 9 were serious and none fatal.

No collisions were recorded here in 2025, after 4 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
62
11,892nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
95
1.53 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
0
4 in 2024

Crash severity at the PR8 2QA hotspot

9 of the 62 collisions here (15%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious915%
  • Slight5385%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
12
Slightly injured
83
All casualties
95

Accidents by year at the PR8 2QA hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 6 in 2013, against an average of 2.5 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the PR8 2QA hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202446
202312
202213
202133
202000
201935
201857
201711
201623
201500
201435
2013612
201224
201100
201048
200911
200847
200712
200668
200545
200422
200345
200211
200145

Map of crashes at the PR8 2QA hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near PR8 2QA.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Ainsdale, Sefton, PR8 2QA area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the PR8 2QA hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Ainsdale
Council area
Sefton
Nearest postcode to the centre
PR8 2QA
Postcode district
PR8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.60675, -3.05606
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
21 of 25
Latest collision
7 September 2024
Rank by collisions
11,892nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the PR8 2QA hotspot

1 of the 62 collisions at this hotspot was on the A565.

Collisions at the PR8 2QA hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5651100

Towns near the PR8 2QA hotspot

8 of the 62 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Southport.

Accident hotspots near PR8 2QA

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Ainsdale, Sefton, PR8 3JX area, 1.5 km away, with 164 collisions.

All 62 crashes at the PR8 2QA hotspot

Newest first, from 31 March 2001 to 7 September 2024, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year