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Burtonwood road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 224 road traffic collisions in Burtonwood, Warrington, from 1980 to 2025, and 288 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 45 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
224
1,834th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
288
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
45
50 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Burtonwood

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal31.3%
  • Serious4520%
  • Slight17679%

What the data shows

  • Burtonwood had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 54% fewer than the 46 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Burtonwood were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 66 children under 16 were killed or injured in Burtonwood, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Burtonwood.

Where Burtonwood ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,834th
Most casualties
1,855th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,853rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (13%)
  • Tuesday44 (20%)
  • Wednesday40 (18%)
  • Thursday31 (14%)
  • Friday37 (17%)
  • Saturday18 (8%)
  • Sunday24 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight160 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit49 (22%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit13 (5.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway220 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1.8%)
  • 30 mph198 (88%)
  • 40 mph5 (2.2%)
  • 60 mph16 (7.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds175 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds37 (17%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other2 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant151 (52%)
  • Pedestrian63 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (9.4%)
  • Cyclist26 (9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (3.8%)
  • Van occupant9 (3.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Burtonwood road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Burtonwood, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Burtonwood peaked at 12 in 2001; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202322
202211
202114
202033
201934
201833
201722
201644
201556
201422
201333
201256
2011810
201034
200966
200846
200733
200678
200534
2004916
200368
2002812
20011218
200055
19991015
199867
19971116
1996911
199569
19941014
1993911
199268
199166
199047
198935
198833
198755
198689
198522
198433
198333
198224
198122
198066

Map of recent crashes in Burtonwood

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Burtonwood

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Burtonwood

The 24 most recent collisions in Burtonwood happened between 14 April 2015 and 26 December 2025.

Severity

Council area for Burtonwood

Burtonwood is in Warrington, where police recorded 31,786 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Burtonwood accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Burtonwood

All 224 collisions in Burtonwood were in the WA5 postcode district.