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Burscough Bridge & Rufford, West Lancashire, L40 1RB area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 76 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Burscough Bridge & Rufford ward, West Lancashire, from 2001 to 2025, with 127 casualties. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 21 were serious.

In 2025 there was 1 collision here, the same as in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
76
10,054th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
127
1.67 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Crash severity at the L40 1RB hotspot

24 of the 76 collisions here (32%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal33.9%
  • Serious2128%
  • Slight5268%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
29
Slightly injured
95
All casualties
127

Accidents by year at the L40 1RB hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 7 in 2007, against an average of 3.0 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the L40 1RB hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202300
202223
202137
202035
201900
201813
201722
201623
201547
201444
201347
201200
201135
201044
200945
200846
2007715
200611
2005713
2004615
2003710
200259
200111

Map of crashes at the L40 1RB hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near L40 1RB.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Burscough Bridge & Rufford, West Lancashire, L40 1RB area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the L40 1RB 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
Burscough Bridge & Rufford
Council area
West Lancashire
Nearest postcode to the centre
L40 1RB
Postcode district
L40
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.64887, -2.81772
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
22 of 25
Latest collision
17 October 2025
Rank by collisions
10,054th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the L40 1RB hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the A581, with 48 of 76, followed by the A59 with 27.

Collisions at the L40 1RB hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5814877212
2ndA59274918

Accident hotspots near L40 1RB

3 other hotspots lie within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Tarleton Village, West Lancashire, PR4 6NH area, 3.1 km away, with 163 collisions.

All 76 crashes at the L40 1RB hotspot

Newest first, from 7 December 2001 to 17 October 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year