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LA16 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 222 road traffic collisions in the LA16 postcode district, Westmorland and Furness, from 1979 to 2025, and 330 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 50 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
222
2,554th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
330
1.49 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
50
58 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for LA16

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.7%
  • Serious5023%
  • Slight16675%

What the data shows

  • LA16 had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 48 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in LA16 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 46 children under 16 were killed or injured in LA16, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in LA16.

Where LA16 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,554th
Most casualties
2,559th
Most fatal collisions
2,516th
Most serious collisions
2,586th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (14%)
  • Tuesday29 (13%)
  • Wednesday40 (18%)
  • Thursday35 (16%)
  • Friday37 (17%)
  • Saturday27 (12%)
  • Sunday24 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight164 (74%)
  • Dark, no street lighting38 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit20 (9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway218 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.5%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph97 (44%)
  • 40 mph6 (2.7%)
  • 50 mph4 (1.8%)
  • 60 mph101 (45%)
  • 70 mph11 (5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds171 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds29 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (3.2%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (3.2%)
  • Other5 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant208 (63%)
  • Motorcyclist42 (13%)
  • Pedestrian38 (12%)
  • Cyclist25 (7.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

LA16 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in LA16, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in LA16 peaked at 11 in 2003; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202400
202311
202212
202122
202000
201922
201856
201711
201655
201555
201400
2013611
201236
201157
201035
200939
200879
2007710
2006914
2005715
200445
20031117
200234
200179
200056
1999511
1998915
1997612
199645
199579
199412
199366
199269
1991410
199078
198967
1988510
198733
198655
1985614
198458
198379
198238
198134
198088
19791012

Map of recent crashes in LA16

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in LA16

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in LA16

The 24 most recent collisions in LA16 happened between 24 November 2015 and 21 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in LA16

Of the 222 collisions in LA16, 122 were on the A595.

Collisions in LA16 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA595122188627

Council area for LA16

LA16 is in Westmorland and Furness, where police recorded 38,503 collisions from 1979 to 2025. LA16 accounts for 0.6% of them.

Town in LA16

Of the 222 collisions in LA16, 5 (2.3%) were in Barrow-in-Furness.