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Bickershaw road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 108 road traffic collisions in Bickershaw, Wigan, from 1979 to 2025, and 146 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 15 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
108
2,728th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
146
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
15
19 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bickershaw

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.9%
  • Serious1514%
  • Slight9184%

What the data shows

  • Bickershaw had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 74% fewer than the 34 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Bickershaw were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 24 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bickershaw, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Bickershaw.

Where Bickershaw ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,728th
Most casualties
2,693rd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,820th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday18 (17%)
  • Tuesday22 (20%)
  • Wednesday11 (10%)
  • Thursday11 (10%)
  • Friday11 (10%)
  • Saturday22 (20%)
  • Sunday13 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight87 (81%)
  • Dark, street lights lit20 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway102 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (4.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph108 (100%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds83 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.8%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.9%)
  • Other2 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant93 (64%)
  • Pedestrian18 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist13 (8.9%)
  • Cyclist10 (6.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bickershaw road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bickershaw, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bickershaw peaked at 8 in 2006; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202424
202300
202211
202122
202011
201936
201800
201700
201600
201533
201434
201300
201266
201158
201033
200911
200833
200722
2006816
200569
200468
200368
200211
200136
200045
199944
199822
199745
199657
199522
199411
199311
199211
199111
199034
198900
198834
198711
198611
198500
198400
198322
198200
198123
198011
197959

Map of recent crashes in Bickershaw

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bickershaw

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bickershaw

The 24 most recent collisions in Bickershaw happened between 12 October 2011 and 12 July 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bickershaw

Of the 108 collisions in Bickershaw, 85 were on the B5237.

Collisions in Bickershaw on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB523785119212

Council area for Bickershaw

Bickershaw is in Wigan, where police recorded 41,505 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bickershaw accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Bickershaw

All 108 collisions in Bickershaw were in the WN2 postcode district.