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LA23 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,737 road traffic collisions in the LA23 postcode district, Westmorland and Furness, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,405 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 41 were fatal and 411 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 21 collisions, up from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,737
1,877th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,405
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
41
43 people killed
Serious collisions
411
506 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
21
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
32
15 in 2024

Road collision statistics for LA23

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal412.4%
  • Serious41124%
  • Slight1,28574%

What the data shows

  • LA23 had 191 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 308 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in LA23 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 192 children under 16 were killed or injured in LA23, 8% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in LA23.

Where LA23 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,877th
Most casualties
1,878th
Most fatal collisions
1,464th
Most serious collisions
1,730th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday219 (13%)
  • Tuesday226 (13%)
  • Wednesday234 (13%)
  • Thursday227 (13%)
  • Friday257 (15%)
  • Saturday293 (17%)
  • Sunday281 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,349 (78%)
  • Dark, no street lighting232 (13%)
  • Dark, street lights lit148 (8.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,595 (92%)
  • One way street or slip road91 (5.2%)
  • Roundabout25 (1.4%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph857 (49%)
  • 40 mph114 (6.6%)
  • 50 mph42 (2.4%)
  • 60 mph666 (38%)
  • 70 mph50 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,344 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds282 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds25 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.3%)
  • Other22 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded29 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,423 (59%)
  • Motorcyclist377 (16%)
  • Pedestrian353 (15%)
  • Cyclist126 (5.2%)
  • Van occupant53 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant24 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant14 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant13 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant12 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

LA23 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in LA23, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in LA23 peaked at 79 in 1999; 2025 had 21.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 21
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252132
20241415
20232532
20221617
2021712
20201722
20192132
20182030
20172231
20162837
20152530
20142727
20132841
20122334
20112022
20102834
20093956
20083648
20074666
20063660
20052833
20044153
20033241
20023039
20013442
20004151
199979124
19984969
19975274
19964775
19953852
19943544
19933859
19924259
19914264
19906490
19895675
19883860
19875774
19864869
19855269
19844866
19834268
19824967
19815872
19805070
19794868

Map of recent crashes in LA23

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in LA23

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in LA23

The 24 most recent collisions in LA23 happened between 13 October 2024 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in LA23

The A591 has the most collisions in LA23, 560 of 1,737 (32%), followed by the A592 (472).

Collisions in LA23 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA59156083423130
2ndA59247269310130
3rdA5074319389573
4thB52845994123
5thB52853401

Council area for LA23

LA23 is in Westmorland and Furness, where police recorded 38,503 collisions from 1979 to 2025. LA23 accounts for 4.5% of them.

Towns in LA23

Collisions in LA23 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Windermere (512) and Bowness-on-Windermere (333).