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Bolton-le-Sands road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 567 road traffic collisions in Bolton-le-Sands, Lancaster, from 1979 to 2025, and 781 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 17 were fatal and 101 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
567
1,078th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
781
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
17
21 people killed
Serious collisions
101
133 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bolton-le-Sands

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal173%
  • Serious10118%
  • Slight44979%

What the data shows

  • Bolton-le-Sands had 58 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 105 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Bolton-le-Sands were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 89 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bolton-le-Sands, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Bolton-le-Sands.

Where Bolton-le-Sands ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,078th
Most casualties
1,015th
Most fatal collisions
560th
Most serious collisions
1,142nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday76 (13%)
  • Tuesday77 (14%)
  • Wednesday83 (15%)
  • Thursday77 (14%)
  • Friday88 (16%)
  • Saturday81 (14%)
  • Sunday85 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight434 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit122 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway563 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph287 (51%)
  • 40 mph259 (46%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph11 (1.9%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds462 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds82 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant454 (58%)
  • Motorcyclist115 (15%)
  • Pedestrian88 (11%)
  • Cyclist61 (7.8%)
  • Van occupant29 (3.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Other3 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bolton-le-Sands road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bolton-le-Sands, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bolton-le-Sands peaked at 27 in 1994; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
2024710
202366
202266
202166
202057
201967
2018913
201744
201649
201545
2014815
20131115
20121317
20111523
20101418
2009712
20081114
20071418
2006814
20051115
20041217
20031215
20021625
200146
20001219
19991316
19981424
19972034
19961423
19951823
19942739
19931217
19921417
1991910
19901115
19891830
19881217
19872426
198689
19851317
19841118
19831521
19822021
19812634
19802127
19791722

Map of recent crashes in Bolton-le-Sands

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bolton-le-Sands

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bolton-le-Sands

The 24 most recent collisions in Bolton-le-Sands happened between 4 January 2022 and 1 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bolton-le-Sands

The A6 has the most collisions in Bolton-le-Sands, 311 of 567 (55%), followed by the A5105 (114).

Collisions in Bolton-le-Sands on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA63114351058
2ndA5105114159624

Council area for Bolton-le-Sands

Bolton-le-Sands is in Lancaster, where police recorded 20,796 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bolton-le-Sands accounts for 2.7% of them.

Postcode districts in Bolton-le-Sands

Collisions in Bolton-le-Sands were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by LA5 (333) and LA2 (234).