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Kendal Highgate, Westmorland and Furness, LA9 5TR area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
230
3,646th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
273
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
9
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the LA9 5TR hotspot

28 of the 230 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.4%
  • Serious2712%
  • Slight20288%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
30
Slightly injured
242
All casualties
273

Accidents by year at the LA9 5TR hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 20 in 2001, against an average of 9.2 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the LA9 5TR hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202599
202455
202311
202256
202133
202066
2019810
201834
2017810
201666
2015910
20141315
20131114
201278
201144
20101111
200999
20081013
20071520
200677
20051719
20041111
20031616
20021621
20012035

Map of crashes at the LA9 5TR hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near LA9 5TR.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Kendal Highgate, Westmorland and Furness, LA9 5TR 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 LA9 5TR 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
Kendal Highgate
Nearest postcode to the centre
LA9 5TR
Postcode district
LA9
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.31761, -2.74269
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
29 December 2025
Rank by collisions
3,646th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the LA9 5TR hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A65, with 83 of 230, followed by the A6 with 65.

Collisions at the LA9 5TR hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA658399110
2ndA66580012
3rdB62542301
4thA6(M)1100

Towns near the LA9 5TR hotspot

213 of the 230 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Kendal.

All 230 crashes at the LA9 5TR hotspot

Newest first, from 5 January 2001 to 29 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year