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Aspull road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 295 road traffic collisions in Aspull, Wigan, from 1979 to 2025, and 456 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 42 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 1 November 2023.

Collisions since 1979
295
1,567th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
456
1.55 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
42
51 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
1 Nov 2023
Busiest year
2000
18 collisions

Road collision statistics for Aspull

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.4%
  • Serious4214%
  • Slight24984%

What the data shows

  • Aspull had 29 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 41 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Aspull were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 75 children under 16 were killed or injured in Aspull, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 44% of collisions in Aspull.

Where Aspull ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,567th
Most casualties
1,406th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,923rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday35 (12%)
  • Tuesday47 (16%)
  • Wednesday51 (17%)
  • Thursday53 (18%)
  • Friday42 (14%)
  • Saturday29 (9.8%)
  • Sunday38 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight206 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit83 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway273 (93%)
  • Roundabout13 (4.4%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph291 (99%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds209 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds60 (20%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.7%)
  • Other5 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant282 (62%)
  • Pedestrian73 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist34 (7.5%)
  • Cyclist31 (6.8%)
  • Van occupant14 (3.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (2%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Aspull road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Aspull, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Aspull peaked at 18 in 2000; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202323
202245
2021510
202045
201933
201822
201734
2016613
2015712
201422
201322
201234
201122
201058
2009711
200822
200757
2006614
200549
2004812
20031114
20021015
2001911
20001828
1999814
19981528
19971323
1996911
1995812
1994912
1993814
1992915
1991814
1990815
198936
19881119
19871524
198678
198569
198456
198378
198256
198144
198023
197957

Map of recent crashes in Aspull

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Aspull

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Aspull

The 24 most recent collisions in Aspull happened between 3 November 2016 and 1 November 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Aspull

The B5239 has the most collisions in Aspull, 157 of 295 (53%), followed by the B5238 (80).

Collisions in Aspull on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB5239157246326
2ndB523880127114
3rdB53283800

Council area for Aspull

Aspull is in Wigan, where police recorded 41,505 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Aspull accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Aspull

All 295 collisions in Aspull were in the WN2 postcode district.