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L2 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,367 road traffic collisions in the L2 postcode district, Liverpool, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,843 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 160 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 20 collisions, up from 17 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,367
2,017th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,843
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
12 people killed
Serious collisions
160
193 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
20
17 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
165
Up 686% on 2024

Road collision statistics for L2

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal120.9%
  • Serious16012%
  • Slight1,19587%

What the data shows

  • L2 had 166 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 265 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in L2 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in L2 are between noon and 3pm, with 27% of collisions.
  • 108 children under 16 were killed or injured in L2, 5.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where L2 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,017th
Most casualties
2,053rd
Most fatal collisions
2,369th
Most serious collisions
2,329th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday198 (14%)
  • Tuesday197 (14%)
  • Wednesday182 (13%)
  • Thursday219 (16%)
  • Friday277 (20%)
  • Saturday164 (12%)
  • Sunday130 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,028 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit306 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown19 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway578 (42%)
  • One way street or slip road484 (35%)
  • Dual carriageway268 (20%)
  • Roundabout24 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded13 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph34 (2.5%)
  • 30 mph1,328 (97%)
  • 40 mph5 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,098 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds134 (9.8%)
  • Fine with high winds31 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other20 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded61 (4.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian777 (42%)
  • Car occupant490 (27%)
  • Bus or coach occupant295 (16%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant86 (4.7%)
  • Motorcyclist69 (3.7%)
  • Cyclist59 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant27 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant22 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

L2 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in L2, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in L2 peaked at 49 in 1986; 2025 had 20.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202520165
20241721
20231616
20221821
20211212
202034
20192428
20182425
20171721
20161520
20152125
20142832
20132328
20123748
20112129
20102333
20092528
20082835
20072223
20063747
20052131
20044362
20032938
20022542
20014246
20002640
19993548
19984254
19973752
19962537
19951824
19943651
19934051
19923035
19914253
19903546
19893240
19883542
19874657
19864957
19854143
19843742
19832528
19824040
19812930
19803032
19794661

Map of recent crashes in L2

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in L2

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in L2

The 24 most recent collisions in L2 happened between 15 October 2024 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in L2

The A57 has the most collisions in L2, 319 of 1,367 (23%), followed by the A5036 (214).

Collisions in L2 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA57319522339
2ndA5036214320321
3rdA503910912029
4thA504693117013
5thA59639307
6thA5059425604
7thA5043374805
8thA5042363702
9thA5038212301
10thA565121500
11thA50409910
12thB51816610
13thA413402
14thA5803500
15thB51823300

Council area for L2

L2 is in Liverpool, where police recorded 90,801 collisions from 1979 to 2025. L2 accounts for 1.5% of them.

Town in L2

All 1,367 collisions in L2 were in Liverpool.