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L38 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 627 road traffic collisions in the L38 postcode district, Sefton, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,065 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 24 were fatal and 115 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
627
2,352nd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,065
1.70 per collision
Fatal collisions
24
28 people killed
Serious collisions
115
151 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for L38

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal243.8%
  • Serious11518%
  • Slight48878%

What the data shows

  • L38 had 86 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 15% fewer than the 101 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in L38 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 81 children under 16 were killed or injured in L38, 7.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in L38.

Where L38 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,352nd
Most casualties
2,297th
Most fatal collisions
2,033rd
Most serious collisions
2,425th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday80 (13%)
  • Tuesday79 (13%)
  • Wednesday85 (14%)
  • Thursday69 (11%)
  • Friday117 (19%)
  • Saturday108 (17%)
  • Sunday89 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight418 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit134 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting60 (9.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway350 (56%)
  • Dual carriageway265 (42%)
  • One way street or slip road10 (1.6%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph87 (14%)
  • 40 mph16 (2.6%)
  • 50 mph45 (7.2%)
  • 60 mph262 (42%)
  • 70 mph213 (34%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds485 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds88 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other11 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant879 (83%)
  • Motorcyclist71 (6.7%)
  • Cyclist37 (3.5%)
  • Van occupant30 (2.8%)
  • Pedestrian15 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant15 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

L38 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in L38, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in L38 peaked at 25 in 1995; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025913
2024917
2023813
2022911
20211015
2020713
2019810
20181014
2017818
2016813
20151315
2014913
201334
2012711
2011816
20101016
200958
20081744
20071521
20061429
20051729
20041928
20032333
20021722
20011020
20002332
19991941
19981625
19971625
19961117
19952540
19941936
19931429
19921732
19911542
19901828
19891421
1988817
19872341
19861220
19851321
198488
19832235
19821531
19811625
19801732
19791321

Map of recent crashes in L38

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in L38

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in L38

The 24 most recent collisions in L38 happened between 12 May 2023 and 27 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in L38

The A565 has the most collisions in L38, 380 of 627 (61%), followed by the B5193 (76).

Collisions in L38 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5653806922276
2ndB519376111111

Council area for L38

L38 is in Sefton, where police recorded 38,810 collisions from 1979 to 2025. L38 accounts for 1.6% of them.

Town in L38

Of the 627 collisions in L38, 120 (19%) were in Ince Blundell.