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WN3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,798 road traffic collisions in the WN3 postcode district, Wigan, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,172 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 43 were fatal and 481 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 11 collisions, down 56% on 2024 (25).

Collisions since 1979
3,798
958th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,172
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
43
48 people killed
Serious collisions
481
516 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
11
Down 56% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
Down 56% on 2024

Road collision statistics for WN3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal431.1%
  • Serious48113%
  • Slight3,27486%

What the data shows

  • WN3 had 216 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 51% fewer than the 445 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in WN3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 880 children under 16 were killed or injured in WN3, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in WN3.

Where WN3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
958th
Most casualties
940th
Most fatal collisions
1,403rd
Most serious collisions
1,542nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday525 (14%)
  • Tuesday523 (14%)
  • Wednesday532 (14%)
  • Thursday579 (15%)
  • Friday632 (17%)
  • Saturday592 (16%)
  • Sunday415 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,669 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,064 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown30 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting27 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,490 (66%)
  • Dual carriageway687 (18%)
  • One way street or slip road470 (12%)
  • Roundabout111 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded40 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph28 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph3,664 (96%)
  • 40 mph89 (2.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph11 (0.3%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,957 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds617 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds64 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds54 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist26 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds16 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other29 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded33 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,880 (56%)
  • Pedestrian926 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist481 (9.3%)
  • Cyclist403 (7.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant251 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant114 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant34 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant29 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)25 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant24 (0.5%)
  • Other2 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

WN3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in WN3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in WN3 peaked at 151 in 1991; 2025 had 11.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 11
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251112
20242527
20231922
20222026
20211922
20201722
20192630
20182731
20173046
20162234
20151625
20142530
20132438
20123241
20114767
20104963
20095280
20086094
20077193
20066988
20056781
20046998
200392127
2002126174
2001139212
2000145189
1999131187
1998139213
1997137189
1996144230
1995118158
1994123191
1993144199
1992140190
1991151191
1990146203
1989139192
1988136186
1987114145
198693135
198595120
1984105125
198393106
1982108136
198187111
198086111
19797082

Map of recent crashes in WN3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in WN3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in WN3

The 24 most recent collisions in WN3 happened between 17 June 2024 and 10 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in WN3

The A49 has the most collisions in WN3, 1,481 of 3,798 (39%), followed by the B5238 (510).

Collisions in WN3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA491,4812,14514143
2ndB5238510691367
3rdA5734175561067
4thA571195288135
5thA577111601
6thB53285503
7thB53754400
8thM63400

Council area for WN3

WN3 is in Wigan, where police recorded 41,505 collisions from 1979 to 2025. WN3 accounts for 9.1% of them.

Towns in WN3

Collisions in WN3 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Wigan (3,022) and Ince-in-Makerfield (487).