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Burscough Bridge & Rufford, West Lancashire, L40 5UL area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 78 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Burscough Bridge & Rufford ward, West Lancashire, from 2001 to 2025, with 127 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 15 were serious.

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

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
78
9,833rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
127
1.63 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the L40 5UL hotspot

16 of the 78 collisions here (21%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal11.3%
  • Serious1519%
  • Slight6279%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
15
Slightly injured
111
All casualties
127

Accidents by year at the L40 5UL hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 9 in 2007, against an average of 3.1 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the L40 5UL hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202536
202424
202300
202211
202100
202033
201922
201811
201711
201644
2015815
201478
2013814
201225
201135
201033
200937
200811
2007913
200648
200513
2004510
200336
200223
200124

Map of crashes at the L40 5UL hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near L40 5UL.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Burscough Bridge & Rufford, West Lancashire, L40 5UL 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 5UL 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 5UL
Postcode district
L40
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.59063, -2.81509
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
23 of 25
Latest collision
23 October 2025
Rank by collisions
9,833rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the L40 5UL hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A5209, with 34 of 78, followed by the B5240 with 5.

Collisions at the L40 5UL hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5209345618
2ndB52405801

Accident hotspots near L40 5UL

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Burscough Bridge & Rufford, West Lancashire, L40 5SL area, 2.1 km away, with 215 collisions.

All 78 crashes at the L40 5UL hotspot

Newest first, from 15 July 2001 to 23 October 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year