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Carnforth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 604 road traffic collisions in Carnforth, Lancaster, from 1979 to 2025, and 801 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 140 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
604
1,035th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
801
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
140
149 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Carnforth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.2%
  • Serious14023%
  • Slight45776%

What the data shows

  • Carnforth had 75 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 116 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Carnforth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 139 children under 16 were killed or injured in Carnforth, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Carnforth.

Where Carnforth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,035th
Most casualties
1,008th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
910th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday77 (13%)
  • Tuesday80 (13%)
  • Wednesday69 (11%)
  • Thursday79 (13%)
  • Friday113 (19%)
  • Saturday101 (17%)
  • Sunday85 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight452 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit134 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway533 (88%)
  • Roundabout26 (4.3%)
  • One way street or slip road23 (3.8%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph23 (3.8%)
  • 30 mph479 (79%)
  • 40 mph14 (2.3%)
  • 50 mph17 (2.8%)
  • 60 mph57 (9.4%)
  • 70 mph14 (2.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds493 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds75 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant373 (47%)
  • Pedestrian160 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist137 (17%)
  • Cyclist69 (8.6%)
  • Van occupant30 (3.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant20 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Carnforth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Carnforth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Carnforth peaked at 25 in 1989; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251012
202445
202355
202279
2021910
2020712
201938
2018810
20171221
20161017
20151516
201466
20131219
2012914
20111415
20101014
20091416
20081927
2007910
2006811
20051722
2004910
20031014
20021216
20011422
20001217
19991520
19981415
19971725
19961415
19951516
19942129
19931622
19921821
19911321
19902125
19892539
19881836
19871214
19861421
19851415
19841014
19831318
19822326
19811616
19801414
19791621

Map of recent crashes in Carnforth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Carnforth

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Carnforth

The 24 most recent collisions in Carnforth happened between 29 June 2022 and 8 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Carnforth

The A6 has the most collisions in Carnforth, 325 of 604 (54%), followed by the B6254 (45).

Collisions in Carnforth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6325440564
2ndB62544556113
3rdM6132602

Council area for Carnforth

Carnforth is in Lancaster, where police recorded 20,796 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Carnforth accounts for 2.9% of them.

Postcode district for Carnforth

Of the 604 collisions in Carnforth, 603 (99.8%) were in the LA5 postcode district.