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Castle, Lancaster, LA1 1NH area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,248
212th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,575
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Collisions in 2025
30
Up 20% on 2024

Crash severity at the LA1 1NH hotspot

245 of the 1,248 collisions here (20%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal100.8%
  • Serious23519%
  • Slight1,00380%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
10
Seriously injured
248
Slightly injured
1,317
All casualties
1,575

Accidents by year at the LA1 1NH hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 82 in 2006, against an average of 50 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the LA1 1NH hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 30
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253036
20242528
20233743
20224050
20213435
20202731
20192934
20184352
20174852
20163952
20154255
20145770
20135060
20125371
20116489
20107187
20097795
20084771
20076991
200682107
200569103
20044959
20036377
20024962
20015465

Map of crashes at the LA1 1NH hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near LA1 1NH.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Castle, Lancaster, LA1 1NH area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the LA1 1NH 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
Castle
Council area
Lancaster
Nearest postcode to the centre
LA1 1NH
Postcode district
LA1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.04993, -2.79844
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
25 November 2025
Rank by collisions
212th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the LA1 1NH hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A6, with 552 of 1,248, followed by the A683 with 106.

Collisions at the LA1 1NH hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA65527277110
2ndA683106146012
3rdA589375105
4thA11100
5thA5881100
6thA651201
7thB11100
8thB53211101

Towns near the LA1 1NH hotspot

1,087 of the 1,248 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Lancaster.

All 1,248 crashes at the LA1 1NH hotspot

Newest first, from 3 January 2001 to 25 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year