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L1 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,177 road traffic collisions in the L1 postcode district, Liverpool, from 1979 to 2025, and 6,862 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 27 were fatal and 632 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 83 collisions, up 5% on 2024 (79).

Collisions since 1979
5,177
517th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
6,862
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
27
27 people killed
Serious collisions
632
654 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
83
Up 5% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
88
Down 15% on 2024

Road collision statistics for L1

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal270.5%
  • Serious63212%
  • Slight4,51887%

What the data shows

  • L1 had 709 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 14% fewer than the 822 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in L1 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 473 children under 16 were killed or injured in L1, 6.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in L1.

Where L1 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
517th
Most casualties
514th
Most fatal collisions
1,946th
Most serious collisions
1,120th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday617 (12%)
  • Tuesday591 (11%)
  • Wednesday704 (14%)
  • Thursday750 (14%)
  • Friday864 (17%)
  • Saturday1,009 (19%)
  • Sunday642 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,303 (64%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,709 (33%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown107 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit35 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting23 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,228 (62%)
  • Dual carriageway952 (18%)
  • One way street or slip road867 (17%)
  • Roundabout76 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded54 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph3 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph195 (3.8%)
  • 30 mph4,967 (96%)
  • 40 mph7 (0.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds4,034 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds619 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds114 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds81 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds17 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (under 0.1%)
  • Other99 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded202 (3.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian2,314 (34%)
  • Car occupant2,233 (33%)
  • Bus or coach occupant927 (14%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant718 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist250 (3.6%)
  • Cyclist249 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant79 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant27 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant20 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)16 (0.2%)
  • Other5 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded24 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

L1 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in L1, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in L1 peaked at 168 in 1993; 2025 had 83.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 83
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20258388
202479103
20236475
20227789
20217685
20203138
20197281
20186983
201786102
20167293
20156273
201496144
201388114
2012100138
20117897
201080124
20097186
200872114
200776120
200699131
200593143
2004116161
2003130186
2002128202
2001133187
2000150221
1999164210
1998149201
1997124181
1996135189
1995126180
1994166252
1993168222
1992167215
1991129171
1990141210
1989141178
1988130165
1987124156
1986127151
1985124155
1984144181
1983108123
1982127152
1981120139
1980137165
1979145188

Map of recent crashes in L1

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in L1

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in L1

The 24 most recent collisions in L1 happened between 26 September and 22 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in L1

The A5038 has the most collisions in L1, 1,101 of 5,177 (21%), followed by the A5036 (294).

Collisions in L1 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA50381,1011,5324160
2ndA5036294426336
3rdB5339257292150
4thA5039250310022
5thA5040212281321
6thA59170268115
7thA561158223119
8thA5044136152017
9thA505812819906
10thA56285124010
11thA5107374411
12thA57273912
13thA5054242802
14thB5181192303
15thA5037172302
16thA509781101
17thA50434500
18thA5204400

Council area for L1

L1 is in Liverpool, where police recorded 90,801 collisions from 1979 to 2025. L1 accounts for 5.7% of them.

Town in L1

All 5,177 collisions in L1 were in Liverpool.