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Blackburn Central, Blackburn with Darwen, BB2 3QJ area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
694
696th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
942
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Collisions in 2025
20
Up 11% on 2024

Crash severity at the BB2 3QJ hotspot

94 of the 694 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal50.7%
  • Serious8913%
  • Slight60086%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
5
Seriously injured
92
Slightly injured
845
All casualties
942

Accidents by year at the BB2 3QJ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 43 in 2004, against an average of 28 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BB2 3QJ hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 20
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252023
20241820
20231317
20222631
20212436
20201721
20192233
20182023
20172331
20162834
20152738
20143043
20132631
20122541
20113244
20102730
20093953
20083647
20072435
20063849
20053351
20044372
20033037
20023346
20014056

Map of crashes at the BB2 3QJ hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BB2 3QJ.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Blackburn Central, Blackburn with Darwen, BB2 3QJ area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BB2 3QJ 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
BB2 3QJ
Postcode district
BB2
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.73886, -2.48727
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
28 December 2025
Rank by collisions
696th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BB2 3QJ hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A666, with 163 of 694, followed by the B6447 with 49.

Collisions at the BB2 3QJ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA666163215321
2ndB64474989011
3rdA674465306
4thA6177405400
5thA6077385508
6thA6078152203
7thB62322200
8thA6771100

Towns near the BB2 3QJ hotspot

All 694 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen.

All 694 crashes at the BB2 3QJ hotspot

Newest first, from 14 January 2001 to 28 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year