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Catterall road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 236 road traffic collisions in Catterall, Wyre, from 1979 to 2025, and 345 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 48 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
236
1,780th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
345
1.46 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
48
58 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Catterall

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal73%
  • Serious4820%
  • Slight18177%

What the data shows

  • Catterall had 34 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 57 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Catterall were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 36 children under 16 were killed or injured in Catterall, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in Catterall.

Where Catterall ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,780th
Most casualties
1,662nd
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,780th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (9.3%)
  • Tuesday21 (8.9%)
  • Wednesday36 (15%)
  • Thursday28 (12%)
  • Friday43 (18%)
  • Saturday37 (16%)
  • Sunday49 (21%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight168 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit62 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway226 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (2.1%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1.3%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph57 (24%)
  • 40 mph25 (11%)
  • 50 mph40 (17%)
  • 60 mph110 (47%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds205 (87%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (8.1%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (2.5%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.7%)
  • Other1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant222 (64%)
  • Motorcyclist51 (15%)
  • Cyclist28 (8.1%)
  • Pedestrian19 (5.5%)
  • Van occupant19 (5.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Catterall road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Catterall, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Catterall peaked at 12 in 1985; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202467
2023812
202234
202123
202022
201935
201825
201711
201633
201566
201459
201377
201223
2011712
201036
2009916
200847
2007811
200667
2005811
200435
200356
2002818
200134
200068
199955
1998610
199757
1996814
199547
1994713
1993913
199233
199135
199033
198979
198839
1987811
198633
19851214
198433
198344
198278
198159
198059
197922

Map of recent crashes in Catterall

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Catterall

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Catterall

The 24 most recent collisions in Catterall happened between 1 September 2020 and 19 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Catterall

The A6 has the most collisions in Catterall, 118 of 236 (50%), followed by the B6430 (52).

Collisions in Catterall on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6118192427
2ndB64305271112
3rdA586415104

Council area for Catterall

Catterall is in Wyre, where police recorded 14,486 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Catterall accounts for 1.6% of them.

Postcode district for Catterall

All 236 collisions in Catterall were in the PR3 postcode district.