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Plungington, Preston, PR1 7XB area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,172
243rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,605
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
28
Up 22% on 2024

Crash severity at the PR1 7XB hotspot

168 of the 1,172 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal30.3%
  • Serious16514%
  • Slight1,00486%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
173
Slightly injured
1,429
All casualties
1,605

Accidents by year at the PR1 7XB hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 72 in 2005, against an average of 47 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the PR1 7XB hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 28
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252836
20242326
20233642
20222836
20213041
20202233
20193253
20184255
20174455
20164256
20153861
20145788
20134253
20124665
20113652
20105386
20095467
20085878
20076287
20066990
200572102
20046786
20036780
20025385
20017192

Map of crashes at the PR1 7XB hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near PR1 7XB.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Plungington, Preston, PR1 7XB 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 PR1 7XB 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
Plungington
Council area
Preston
Nearest postcode to the centre
PR1 7XB
Postcode district
PR1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.77112, -2.70934
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
26 December 2025
Rank by collisions
243rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the PR1 7XB hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A6, with 344 of 1,172, followed by the A5085 with 154.

Collisions at the PR1 7XB hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6344464143
2ndA5085154238022
3rdA5071222407
4thA583101500
5thB62427800
6thM63301
7thA50652200
8thB62412200
9thB1211100

Towns near the PR1 7XB hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Preston, Preston had the most collisions, 1,039 of 1,172.

All 1,172 crashes at the PR1 7XB hotspot

Newest first, from 5 January 2001 to 26 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year