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Buckshaw & Whittle, Chorley, PR7 7JF area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 86 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Buckshaw & Whittle ward, Chorley, from 2001 to 2025, with 126 casualties. Of those collisions, 20 were serious and none fatal.

In 2025 there were 2 collisions here, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
86
9,036th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
126
1.47 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
2
3 in 2024

Crash severity at the PR7 7JF hotspot

20 of the 86 collisions here (23%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2023%
  • Slight6677%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
21
Slightly injured
105
All casualties
126

Accidents by year at the PR7 7JF hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 7 in 2014, against an average of 3.4 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the PR7 7JF hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202434
202336
202245
202144
202011
201966
2018611
201722
201645
201568
201479
201311
201246
201122
2010610
200978
200837
200759
200623
200528
200400
200323
200211
200135

Map of crashes at the PR7 7JF hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near PR7 7JF.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Buckshaw & Whittle, Chorley, PR7 7JF 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 PR7 7JF 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
Buckshaw & Whittle
Council area
Chorley
Nearest postcode to the centre
PR7 7JF
Postcode district
PR7
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.67575, -2.66117
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
11 November 2025
Rank by collisions
9,036th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the PR7 7JF hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the B5252, with 3 of 86, followed by the M6 with 1.

Collisions at the PR7 7JF hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB52523500
2ndM61100

Towns near the PR7 7JF hotspot

72 of the 86 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Buckshaw Village and Euxton.

Accident hotspots near PR7 7JF

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Euxton, Chorley, PR7 6BB area, 1.4 km away, with 174 collisions.

All 86 crashes at the PR7 7JF hotspot

Newest first, from 14 February 2001 to 11 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year