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Blackburn South & Lower Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 2LF area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
129
6,382nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
184
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
2
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the BB1 2LF hotspot

26 of the 129 collisions here (20%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2620%
  • Slight10380%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
28
Slightly injured
156
All casualties
184

Accidents by year at the BB1 2LF hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 11 in 2008, against an average of 5.2 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BB1 2LF hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
2024510
202378
202235
202144
2020712
201933
201824
201712
2016811
201544
201445
2013714
2012914
201137
201068
200958
20081115
200788
2006610
200544
200444
2003811
200246
200145

Map of crashes at the BB1 2LF hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BB1 2LF.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Blackburn South & Lower Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 2LF area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BB1 2LF 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 South & Lower Darwen
Nearest postcode to the centre
BB1 2LF
Postcode district
BB1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.71999, -2.46161
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
8 April 2025
Rank by collisions
6,382nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BB1 2LF hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the M65, with 48 of 129, followed by the B6231 with 13.

Collisions at the BB1 2LF hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM65487305
2ndB6231131804
3rdA591100
4thA60771101

Towns near the BB1 2LF hotspot

88 of the 129 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen.

All 129 crashes at the BB1 2LF hotspot

Newest first, from 4 January 2001 to 8 April 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year