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L15 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,414 road traffic collisions in the L15 postcode district, Liverpool, from 1979 to 2025, and 7,338 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 43 were fatal and 655 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 38 collisions, up 15% on 2024 (33).

Collisions since 1979
5,414
456th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
7,338
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
43
45 people killed
Serious collisions
655
705 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
38
Up 15% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
47
Up 42% on 2024

Road collision statistics for L15

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal430.8%
  • Serious65512%
  • Slight4,71687%

What the data shows

  • L15 had 500 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 809 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in L15 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,249 children under 16 were killed or injured in L15, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in L15.

Where L15 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
456th
Most casualties
427th
Most fatal collisions
1,403rd
Most serious collisions
1,056th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday737 (14%)
  • Tuesday825 (15%)
  • Wednesday808 (15%)
  • Thursday884 (16%)
  • Friday937 (17%)
  • Saturday703 (13%)
  • Sunday520 (9.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,913 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,370 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown71 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit35 (0.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting24 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,862 (71%)
  • Dual carriageway1,043 (19%)
  • Roundabout414 (7.6%)
  • One way street or slip road72 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded23 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph78 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph4,799 (89%)
  • 40 mph531 (9.8%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph2 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds4,250 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds734 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds91 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds79 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist21 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds15 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.1%)
  • Other93 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded126 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,741 (51%)
  • Pedestrian1,583 (22%)
  • Cyclist523 (7.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant519 (7.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant423 (5.8%)
  • Motorcyclist380 (5.2%)
  • Van occupant90 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant32 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant22 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)15 (0.2%)
  • Other5 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

L15 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in L15, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in L15 peaked at 204 in 1990; 2025 had 38.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 38
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253847
20243333
20235262
20226274
20216373
20204454
20194657
20184042
20176175
20166187
20156397
201476113
20137297
201270108
20116290
201087116
200988134
200888138
200790116
2006113159
2005130192
2004132198
2003106153
2002130169
2001131193
2000175242
1999155207
1998164256
1997177243
1996178267
1995150200
1994176253
1993189285
1992184268
1991175231
1990204287
1989167225
1988156197
1987129158
1986157197
1985158207
1984144175
1983135163
1982127156
1981114137
1980114127
1979148180

Map of recent crashes in L15

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in L15

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in L15

The 24 most recent collisions in L15 happened between 7 May and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in L15

The B5178 has the most collisions in L15, 1,370 of 5,414 (25%), followed by the A562 (961).

Collisions in L15 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB51781,3701,93917175
2ndA5629611,2818120
3rdA5058650893572
4thB5179388524445
5thB5175263203
6thB5171172600
7thA5080151802
8thB51734400
9thB51804400
10thA50383300
11thA50493300

Council area for L15

L15 is in Liverpool, where police recorded 90,801 collisions from 1979 to 2025. L15 accounts for 6% of them.

Town in L15

All 5,414 collisions in L15 were in Liverpool.