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Cleator Moor road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 470 road traffic collisions in Cleator Moor, Cumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 569 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 80 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
470
1,205th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
569
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
80
83 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cleator Moor

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.5%
  • Serious8017%
  • Slight38381%

What the data shows

  • Cleator Moor had 64 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 112 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Cleator Moor were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 136 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cleator Moor, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Cleator Moor.

Where Cleator Moor ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,205th
Most casualties
1,234th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,307th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday60 (13%)
  • Tuesday61 (13%)
  • Wednesday61 (13%)
  • Thursday68 (14%)
  • Friday93 (20%)
  • Saturday67 (14%)
  • Sunday60 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight345 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit114 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway453 (96%)
  • Roundabout11 (2.3%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph449 (96%)
  • 40 mph7 (1.5%)
  • 60 mph10 (2.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds361 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds61 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (2.6%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Other7 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded18 (3.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant228 (40%)
  • Pedestrian178 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist70 (12%)
  • Cyclist63 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (2.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cleator Moor road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cleator Moor, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cleator Moor peaked at 20 in 1981; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202457
202333
202256
202133
202044
201978
20181011
20171113
20161114
201589
20141619
20131017
2012913
201199
20101315
20091515
20081318
20071016
2006911
20051014
20041013
2003811
20021010
20011013
200045
199988
1998910
19971014
199699
1995810
19941415
19931215
199278
19911725
1990910
19891419
19881017
198744
19861217
19851113
19841112
19831314
19821213
19812021
19801415
19791818

Map of recent crashes in Cleator Moor

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cleator Moor

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cleator Moor

The 24 most recent collisions in Cleator Moor happened between 3 September 2020 and 9 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cleator Moor

The B5295 has the most collisions in Cleator Moor, 240 of 470 (51%), followed by the A5086 (36).

Collisions in Cleator Moor on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB5295240304640
2ndA5086364706
3rdB5294131501
4thB52923402

Council area for Cleator Moor

Cleator Moor is in Cumberland, where police recorded 38,879 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cleator Moor accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode districts in Cleator Moor

Collisions in Cleator Moor were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by CA25 (436) and CA23 (34).