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CA1 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
3,375
1,149th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,162
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
48
52 people killed
Serious collisions
516
570 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
33
Down 15% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
38
Down 17% on 2024

Road collision statistics for CA1

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal481.4%
  • Serious51615%
  • Slight2,81183%

What the data shows

  • CA1 had 429 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 30% fewer than the 611 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in CA1 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 719 children under 16 were killed or injured in CA1, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in CA1.

Where CA1 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,149th
Most casualties
1,261st
Most fatal collisions
1,255th
Most serious collisions
1,439th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday485 (14%)
  • Tuesday458 (14%)
  • Wednesday474 (14%)
  • Thursday506 (15%)
  • Friday563 (17%)
  • Saturday517 (15%)
  • Sunday372 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,357 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit933 (28%)
  • Dark, no street lighting57 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown16 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,890 (86%)
  • Dual carriageway207 (6.1%)
  • One way street or slip road165 (4.9%)
  • Roundabout96 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded17 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph58 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph3,038 (90%)
  • 40 mph123 (3.6%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph68 (2%)
  • 70 mph86 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,637 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds465 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds59 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds43 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist11 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.1%)
  • Other76 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded66 (2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,822 (44%)
  • Pedestrian1,082 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist550 (13%)
  • Cyclist396 (9.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant128 (3.1%)
  • Van occupant73 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant51 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)27 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant22 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

CA1 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in CA1, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in CA1 peaked at 113 in 1986; 2025 had 33.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 33
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253338
20243946
20234148
20223236
20213235
20202931
20194752
20185467
20175360
20166985
20155359
20146989
20135864
20126067
20116498
20104658
20096380
20085668
20077490
20066893
200589114
200499121
200394121
20026385
20016788
20006171
19997080
199881102
1997106138
199679104
199596124
199484109
199384113
19927892
19917286
1990102130
19897889
1988100133
198789120
1986113127
1985102119
198495114
198393107
198297122
198185100
198091114
19796775

Map of recent crashes in CA1

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in CA1

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in CA1

The 24 most recent collisions in CA1 happened between 2 May and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in CA1

The A6 has the most collisions in CA1, 991 of 3,375 (29%), followed by the A69 (436).

Collisions in CA1 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA69911,22115167
2ndA69436563454
3rdA7250306123
4thM684140519
5thA5955601

Council area for CA1

CA1 is in Cumberland, where police recorded 38,879 collisions from 1979 to 2025. CA1 accounts for 8.7% of them.

Town in CA1

Of the 3,375 collisions in CA1, 3,191 (95%) were in Carlisle.