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Pemberton, Wigan, WN5 8AL area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
297
2,650th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
376
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Collisions in 2025
8
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the WN5 8AL hotspot

44 of the 297 collisions here (15%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal51.7%
  • Serious3913%
  • Slight25385%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
5
Seriously injured
41
Slightly injured
330
All casualties
376

Accidents by year at the WN5 8AL hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 30 in 2001, against an average of 12 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WN5 8AL hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025810
202455
202378
202267
2021910
202022
2019913
201856
201745
201677
201545
20141013
201369
2012912
20111418
20101012
20091217
20082227
20071517
20061721
20052126
20042023
20032130
20022431
20013042

Map of crashes at the WN5 8AL hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WN5 8AL.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Pemberton, Wigan, WN5 8AL area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WN5 8AL 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
Pemberton
Council area
Wigan
Nearest postcode to the centre
WN5 8AL
Postcode district
WN5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.53728, -2.67758
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
23 October 2025
Rank by collisions
2,650th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WN5 8AL hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A577, with 131 of 297, followed by the A571 with 1.

Collisions at the WN5 8AL hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA577131169216
2ndA5711200

Towns near the WN5 8AL hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Wigan had the most collisions, 280 of 297.

All 297 crashes at the WN5 8AL hotspot

Newest first, from 5 January 2001 to 23 October 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year