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L22 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,755 road traffic collisions in the L22 postcode district, Sefton, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,252 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 17 were fatal and 202 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,755
1,863rd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,252
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
17
18 people killed
Serious collisions
202
228 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for L22

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal171%
  • Serious20212%
  • Slight1,53688%

What the data shows

  • L22 had 122 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 208 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 12% of collisions in L22 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 397 children under 16 were killed or injured in L22, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in L22.

Where L22 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,863rd
Most casualties
1,920th
Most fatal collisions
2,230th
Most serious collisions
2,231st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday233 (13%)
  • Tuesday238 (14%)
  • Wednesday280 (16%)
  • Thursday276 (16%)
  • Friday313 (18%)
  • Saturday259 (15%)
  • Sunday156 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,326 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit393 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown18 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,575 (90%)
  • Dual carriageway144 (8.2%)
  • One way street or slip road26 (1.5%)
  • Roundabout6 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph29 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph1,711 (97%)
  • 40 mph13 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,356 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds242 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds44 (2.5%)
  • Raining with high winds42 (2.4%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other33 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded30 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,055 (47%)
  • Pedestrian593 (26%)
  • Cyclist230 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist124 (5.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant122 (5.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant77 (3.4%)
  • Van occupant29 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (0.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

L22 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in L22, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in L22 peaked at 70 in 1993; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
202488
2023912
20221111
20211415
2020911
20191111
20182023
20171523
20161822
20151321
20142127
20131722
20122131
20112226
20102633
20091528
20081621
20073652
20062124
20053644
20043545
20034876
20024558
20014250
20006486
19995474
19985967
19975874
19966487
19956480
19946586
199370104
19926682
19916583
19906581
19895367
19884562
19875261
19863954
19854351
19845161
19833851
19825057
19815974
19805057
19794552

Map of recent crashes in L22

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in L22

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in L22

The 24 most recent collisions in L22 happened between 14 January 2023 and 9 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in L22

The A565 has the most collisions in L22, 769 of 1,755 (44%), followed by the B5421 (16).

Collisions in L22 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5657691,064681
2ndB5421162201

Council area for L22

L22 is in Sefton, where police recorded 38,810 collisions from 1979 to 2025. L22 accounts for 4.5% of them.

Town in L22

Of the 1,755 collisions in L22, 1,724 (98%) were in Crosby, Sefton.