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Church road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 785 road traffic collisions in Church, Hyndburn, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,048 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 132 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, down from 12 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
785
887th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,048
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
132
144 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
12 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Church

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal70.9%
  • Serious13217%
  • Slight64682%

What the data shows

  • Church had 102 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 143 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Church were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 188 children under 16 were killed or injured in Church, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Church.

Where Church ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
887th
Most casualties
858th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
950th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday119 (15%)
  • Tuesday116 (15%)
  • Wednesday109 (14%)
  • Thursday125 (16%)
  • Friday138 (18%)
  • Saturday85 (11%)
  • Sunday93 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight548 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit226 (29%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway657 (84%)
  • Dual carriageway96 (12%)
  • Roundabout20 (2.5%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph748 (95%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 50 mph6 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph5 (0.6%)
  • 70 mph15 (1.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds614 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds129 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.8%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.4%)
  • Other11 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded8 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant606 (58%)
  • Pedestrian222 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist74 (7.1%)
  • Cyclist71 (6.8%)
  • Van occupant24 (2.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant16 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant16 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Church road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Church, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Church peaked at 31 in 1994; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025812
20241216
2023910
2022810
202188
20201112
20191524
20181010
2017912
20161216
20151719
20141017
20131114
20121521
20111313
20101527
20091213
20081522
20071924
20061632
20052334
20042124
20031724
20023043
20012436
20002434
19992234
19982534
19971313
19962734
19952735
19943147
19931830
19922229
19911314
19901826
198999
19882027
19871314
198667
19851719
19842023
19831718
19821215
19811920
19802125
19793148

Map of recent crashes in Church

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Church

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Church

The 24 most recent collisions in Church happened between 5 June 2023 and 30 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Church

The A679 has the most collisions in Church, 249 of 785 (32%), followed by the B6231 (211).

Collisions in Church on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA679249363337
2ndB6231211273243
3rdA6806987011
4thA6185557906

Council areas covering Church

Collisions in Church were recorded in 2 council areas. Hyndburn has 782 of 785 (99.6%).

Collisions in Church by council area, 1979 to 2025
RankCouncil areaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stHyndburn7821,0457131
2ndBlackburn with Darwen3301

Postcode district for Church

All 785 collisions in Church were in the BB5 postcode district.