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L6 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,186 road traffic collisions in the L6 postcode district, Liverpool, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,980 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 56 were fatal and 585 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 33 collisions, level with 2024.

Collisions since 1979
4,186
823rd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,980
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
56
58 people killed
Serious collisions
585
637 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
33
Level with 2024
Casualties in 2025
37
Down 3% on 2024

Road collision statistics for L6

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal561.3%
  • Serious58514%
  • Slight3,54585%

What the data shows

  • L6 had 381 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 576 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in L6 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,035 children under 16 were killed or injured in L6, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in L6.

Where L6 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
823rd
Most casualties
705th
Most fatal collisions
1,031st
Most serious collisions
1,249th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday582 (14%)
  • Tuesday581 (14%)
  • Wednesday590 (14%)
  • Thursday663 (16%)
  • Friday676 (16%)
  • Saturday615 (15%)
  • Sunday479 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,980 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,103 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown44 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit30 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting29 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,824 (67%)
  • Dual carriageway1,198 (29%)
  • One way street or slip road139 (3.3%)
  • Roundabout6 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded19 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph76 (1.8%)
  • 30 mph4,075 (97%)
  • 40 mph31 (0.7%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,285 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds548 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds85 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds70 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds20 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist11 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds8 (0.2%)
  • Other71 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded88 (2.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,748 (46%)
  • Pedestrian1,387 (23%)
  • Bus or coach occupant534 (8.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant423 (7.1%)
  • Cyclist366 (6.1%)
  • Motorcyclist285 (4.8%)
  • Van occupant113 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant53 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant42 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)15 (0.3%)
  • Other6 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

L6 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in L6, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in L6 peaked at 149 in 1995; 2025 had 33.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 33
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253337
20243338
20234447
20223650
20214757
20203549
20193946
20183037
20174351
20164163
20156279
201469105
20134467
20124276
20115370
20105578
20095182
200859109
20075790
200684123
200590133
200494166
200394148
2002101180
2001108144
2000132178
1999122193
1998143245
1997126224
1996129189
1995149225
1994146204
1993145236
1992128198
1991139203
1990116168
1989118168
1988130160
1987113155
1986112134
1985110130
1984131163
1983107127
1982130151
198192111
1980107151
1979117142

Map of recent crashes in L6

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in L6

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in L6

The 24 most recent collisions in L6 happened between 31 March and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in L6

The A5049 has the most collisions in L6, 1,002 of 4,186 (24%), followed by the A580 (859).

Collisions in L6 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA50491,0021,49323144
2ndA5808591,27719109
3rdB5188302453232
4thA57201292022
5thA5089134176019
6thA5048518206
7thB5340273102
8thA5050162403
9thA50477802
10thA50394701
11thA5654600

Council area for L6

L6 is in Liverpool, where police recorded 90,801 collisions from 1979 to 2025. L6 accounts for 4.6% of them.

Town in L6

All 4,186 collisions in L6 were in Liverpool.