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Darwen East, Blackburn with Darwen, BB3 3TB area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 89 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Darwen East ward, Blackburn with Darwen, from 2001 to 2025, with 123 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 17 were serious.

In 2025 there were 4 collisions here, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
89
8,778th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
123
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
4
3 in 2024

Crash severity at the BB3 3TB hotspot

19 of the 89 collisions here (21%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal22.2%
  • Serious1719%
  • Slight7079%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
19
Slightly injured
102
All casualties
123

Accidents by year at the BB3 3TB hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 8 in 2005, against an average of 3.6 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BB3 3TB hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202547
202437
202356
202211
202158
202023
201911
201811
201735
201611
201523
201433
201345
201224
201133
201055
200922
200844
200746
200666
2005811
2004811
200323
200248
200169

Map of crashes at the BB3 3TB hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BB3 3TB.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Darwen East, Blackburn with Darwen, BB3 3TB area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BB3 3TB 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
Darwen East
Council area
Blackburn with Darwen
Nearest postcode to the centre
BB3 3TB
Postcode district
BB3
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.69801, -2.44906
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
30 August 2025
Rank by collisions
8,778th of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the BB3 3TB hotspot

46 of the 89 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Darwen.

Accident hotspots near BB3 3TB

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Darwen East, Blackburn with Darwen, BB3 0DJ area, 1.2 km away, with 544 collisions.

All 89 crashes at the BB3 3TB hotspot

Newest first, from 15 April 2001 to 30 August 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year