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L5 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,779 road traffic collisions in the L5 postcode district, Liverpool, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,314 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 71 were fatal and 595 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 36 collisions, up 20% on 2024 (30).

Collisions since 1979
3,779
962nd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,314
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
71
76 people killed
Serious collisions
595
674 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
36
Up 20% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
43
Up 30% on 2024

Road collision statistics for L5

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal711.9%
  • Serious59516%
  • Slight3,11382%

What the data shows

  • L5 had 370 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 486 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in L5 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,013 children under 16 were killed or injured in L5, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in L5.

Where L5 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
962nd
Most casualties
890th
Most fatal collisions
656th
Most serious collisions
1,220th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday554 (15%)
  • Tuesday535 (14%)
  • Wednesday520 (14%)
  • Thursday552 (15%)
  • Friday602 (16%)
  • Saturday615 (16%)
  • Sunday401 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,641 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,033 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown51 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit30 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting24 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,879 (76%)
  • Dual carriageway813 (22%)
  • One way street or slip road64 (1.7%)
  • Roundabout5 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded18 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph48 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph3,705 (98%)
  • 40 mph24 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,976 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds473 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds100 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds58 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds20 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist11 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other69 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded70 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,516 (47%)
  • Pedestrian1,457 (27%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant355 (6.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant275 (5.2%)
  • Motorcyclist245 (4.6%)
  • Cyclist231 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant123 (2.3%)
  • Minibus occupant37 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)33 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant32 (0.6%)
  • Other4 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

L5 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in L5, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in L5 peaked at 162 in 1991; 2025 had 36.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 36
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253643
20243033
20233947
20225059
20213645
20202841
20193340
20184659
20173346
20163968
20154462
20144863
20134670
20125174
20114658
20104976
20094773
20085694
20074472
20065590
200583119
200485122
200388152
200284126
2001112173
2000112164
1999109152
1998146201
199792152
1996101167
1995112163
1994110161
1993125184
1992126173
1991162232
1990110162
1989117168
198883128
1987128169
1986122155
1985116152
1984115137
1983105124
198296115
198194118
198092106
197998126

Map of recent crashes in L5

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in L5

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in L5

The 24 most recent collisions in L5 happened between 24 May and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in L5

The A59 has the most collisions in L5, 521 of 3,779 (14%), followed by the A567 (367).

Collisions in L5 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA595217321276
2ndA567367528856
3rdA580331455550
4thA565229425736
5thA5089218336234
6thA5038189263639
7thA5050177240338
8thA5054127180021
9thA503677120515
10thA5055354409
11thA5058151903
12thB5186111201
13thB518571301
14thA5664400
15thB51734700
16thA50563300
17thA50593300
18thA573400

Council area for L5

L5 is in Liverpool, where police recorded 90,801 collisions from 1979 to 2025. L5 accounts for 4.2% of them.

Town in L5

Of the 3,779 collisions in L5, 3,723 (99%) were in Liverpool.