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West Pennine, Blackburn with Darwen, BL7 8AH area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 74 road collisions at this accident hotspot in West Pennine ward, Blackburn with Darwen, from 2001 to 2025, with 114 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 30 were serious.

In 2025 there were 9 collisions here, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
74
10,273rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
114
1.54 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
9
4 in 2024

Crash severity at the BL7 8AH hotspot

31 of the 74 collisions here (42%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal11.4%
  • Serious3041%
  • Slight4358%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
38
Slightly injured
75
All casualties
114

Accidents by year at the BL7 8AH hotspot

2025 had the most collisions of any year at this hotspot, 9, against an average of 3.0 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BL7 8AH hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025913
202447
202357
202234
202125
202044
201911
201815
201724
201622
201523
2014711
201344
201222
201136
201023
200911
200837
200722
200638
200522
200412
200323
200234
200144

Map of crashes at the BL7 8AH hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BL7 8AH.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the West Pennine, Blackburn with Darwen, BL7 8AH area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BL7 8AH 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
West Pennine
Council area
Blackburn with Darwen
Nearest postcode to the centre
BL7 8AH
Postcode district
BL7
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.63927, -2.49847
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
26 December 2025
Rank by collisions
10,273rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BL7 8AH hotspot

25 of the 74 collisions at this hotspot were on the A675.

Collisions at the BL7 8AH hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA675253406

Accident hotspots near BL7 8AH

3 other hotspots lie within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Smithills, Bolton, BL1 7NY area, 3.6 km away, with 62 collisions.

All 74 crashes at the BL7 8AH hotspot

Newest first, from 9 March 2001 to 26 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year