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Barnfield, Hyndburn, BB5 1LN area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 1,110 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Barnfield ward, Hyndburn, from 2001 to 2025, with 1,490 casualties. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 168 were serious.

In 2025 there were 28 collisions here, up from 26 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,110
286th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,490
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
13 people killed
Collisions in 2025
28
Up 8% on 2024

Crash severity at the BB5 1LN hotspot

179 of the 1,110 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal111%
  • Serious16815%
  • Slight93184%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
13
Seriously injured
183
Slightly injured
1,294
All casualties
1,490

Accidents by year at the BB5 1LN hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 81 in 2001, against an average of 44 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BB5 1LN hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 28
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252833
20242633
20234052
20222738
20213040
20204049
20193648
20183243
20173540
20163550
20153952
20144876
20133948
20123850
20114563
20104256
20095171
20085066
20076186
20065275
20057295
20046079
20034857
20025572
200181118

Map of crashes at the BB5 1LN hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BB5 1LN.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Barnfield, Hyndburn, BB5 1LN area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BB5 1LN 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
Barnfield
Council area
Hyndburn
Nearest postcode to the centre
BB5 1LN
Postcode district
BB5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.75288, -2.36767
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
26 December 2025
Rank by collisions
286th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BB5 1LN hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A680, with 154 of 1,110, followed by the A679 with 130.

Collisions at the BB5 1LN hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA680154217323
2ndA679130179214
3rdA61852200
4thA591100
5thA61100
6thA6781300
7thA6821100

Towns near the BB5 1LN hotspot

1,099 of the 1,110 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Accrington.

Accident hotspots near BB5 1LN

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Milnshaw, Hyndburn, BB5 6AW area, 0.8 km away, with 252 collisions.

All 1,110 crashes at the BB5 1LN hotspot

Newest first, from 4 January 2001 to 26 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year