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Blackburn Central, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 7DR area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,456
146th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
2,064
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
9 people killed
Collisions in 2025
34
Up 36% on 2024

Crash severity at the BB1 7DR hotspot

227 of the 1,456 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal80.5%
  • Serious21915%
  • Slight1,22984%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
9
Seriously injured
240
Slightly injured
1,815
All casualties
2,064

Accidents by year at the BB1 7DR hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 81 in 2013, against an average of 58 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BB1 7DR hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 34
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253439
20242540
20234156
20224366
20214969
20203856
20195171
20186087
20174870
20167097
20155989
20145166
201381117
20126396
20115898
20106289
20096694
20087296
20076373
200670104
200573106
20046285
200372103
20027595
200170102

Map of crashes at the BB1 7DR hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BB1 7DR.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Blackburn Central, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 7DR area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BB1 7DR 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
Blackburn Central
Nearest postcode to the centre
BB1 7DR
Postcode district
BB1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.74864, -2.48517
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
31 December 2025
Rank by collisions
146th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BB1 7DR hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A6078, with 233 of 1,456, followed by the A677 with 196.

Collisions at the BB1 7DR hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6078233378343
2ndA677196294227
3rdA6667410007
4thA6746895110
5thA6177112400
6thB6233112001
7thA67981400
8thB623281800
9thA67851200
10thA12301
11thA5772200
12thA60682200
13thA591100
14thA60771100
15thA6601200
16thA6671200
17thA8771100
18thB62341400

Towns near the BB1 7DR hotspot

All 1,456 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen.

All 1,456 crashes at the BB1 7DR hotspot

Newest first, from 4 January 2001 to 31 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year