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Ambleside road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 295 road traffic collisions in Ambleside, Westmorland and Furness, from 1979 to 2025, and 415 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 56 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
295
1,567th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
415
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
56
81 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ambleside

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31%
  • Serious5619%
  • Slight23680%

What the data shows

  • Ambleside had 42 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 9% fewer than the 46 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Ambleside were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 43 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ambleside, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Ambleside.

Where Ambleside ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,567th
Most casualties
1,492nd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,627th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday40 (14%)
  • Tuesday30 (10%)
  • Wednesday34 (12%)
  • Thursday38 (13%)
  • Friday55 (19%)
  • Saturday54 (18%)
  • Sunday44 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight259 (88%)
  • Dark, street lights lit30 (10%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway204 (69%)
  • One way street or slip road89 (30%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 20 mph8 (2.7%)
  • 30 mph272 (92%)
  • 40 mph4 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph10 (3.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds235 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds39 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (3.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Other3 (1%)
  • Not recorded7 (2.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant143 (34%)
  • Pedestrian128 (31%)
  • Bus or coach occupant55 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist45 (11%)
  • Cyclist33 (8%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ambleside road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ambleside, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ambleside peaked at 14 in 1999; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202536
202445
20231011
202255
202123
202000
201944
201847
201756
201656
201567
201422
201347
201256
201166
201055
200937
200866
200755
200645
200567
20041112
200378
2002860
200147
200069
19991415
199838
19971116
19961013
199522
1994710
1993916
199277
1991811
199088
19891418
19881013
198777
198699
19851111
1984911
198344
198288
198134
198078
197944

Map of recent crashes in Ambleside

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ambleside

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ambleside

The 24 most recent collisions in Ambleside happened between 15 June 2021 and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ambleside

The A591 has the most collisions in Ambleside, 164 of 295 (56%), followed by the A593 (42).

Collisions in Ambleside on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA591164206329
2ndA593426109
3rdA5075213104

Council area for Ambleside

Ambleside is in Westmorland and Furness, where police recorded 38,503 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ambleside accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Ambleside

All 295 collisions in Ambleside were in the LA22 postcode district.