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Rural West, West Lancashire, L40 9RH area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 74 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Rural West ward, West Lancashire, from 2001 to 2025, with 118 casualties. Of those collisions, 13 were serious and none fatal.

No collisions were recorded here in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
74
10,273rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
118
1.59 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the L40 9RH hotspot

13 of the 74 collisions here (18%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious1318%
  • Slight6182%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
14
Slightly injured
104
All casualties
118

Accidents by year at the L40 9RH hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 7 in 2006, against an average of 3.0 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the L40 9RH hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202425
202324
202222
202124
202012
201911
201844
201711
201611
201523
2014614
201322
201245
201147
201023
200911
200859
200733
2006713
2005612
2004712
200311
200234
200155

Map of crashes at the L40 9RH hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near L40 9RH.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Rural West, West Lancashire, L40 9RH 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 L40 9RH 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
Rural West
Council area
West Lancashire
Nearest postcode to the centre
L40 9RH
Postcode district
L40
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.60122, -2.92899
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
12 November 2024
Rank by collisions
10,273rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the L40 9RH hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the A570, with 65 of 74, followed by the A5147 with 7.

Collisions at the L40 9RH hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA57065105012
2ndA514771101

Accident hotspots near L40 9RH

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Rural West, West Lancashire, L39 8TF area, 1.3 km away, with 102 collisions.

All 74 crashes at the L40 9RH hotspot

Newest first, from 10 February 2001 to 12 November 2024, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year