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Cockermouth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 441 road traffic collisions in Cockermouth, Cumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 509 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 93 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
441
1,247th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
509
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
93
101 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cockermouth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.7%
  • Serious9321%
  • Slight34578%

What the data shows

  • Cockermouth had 57 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 84 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Cockermouth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 84 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cockermouth, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Cockermouth.

Where Cockermouth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,247th
Most casualties
1,309th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,188th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday57 (13%)
  • Tuesday56 (13%)
  • Wednesday69 (16%)
  • Thursday74 (17%)
  • Friday92 (21%)
  • Saturday61 (14%)
  • Sunday32 (7.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight351 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit86 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway401 (91%)
  • One way street or slip road15 (3.4%)
  • Roundabout12 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph418 (95%)
  • 40 mph4 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph15 (3.4%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds353 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds53 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other8 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded11 (2.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant197 (39%)
  • Pedestrian185 (36%)
  • Motorcyclist62 (12%)
  • Cyclist54 (11%)
  • Van occupant5 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cockermouth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cockermouth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cockermouth peaked at 21 in 1985; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202458
202357
202256
202155
202055
2019710
2018710
201758
201688
201577
20141112
201356
201255
20111114
201088
20091213
200888
200777
20061010
20051313
200478
200355
200223
200168
20001116
199966
1998710
19971111
199677
19951011
19941010
19931112
19921010
19911111
19901010
19891417
19881314
19871011
19861316
19852124
19841214
19831622
19821617
19811722
19801721
19791418

Map of recent crashes in Cockermouth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cockermouth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cockermouth

The 24 most recent collisions in Cockermouth happened between 20 April 2021 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cockermouth

The B5292 has the most collisions in Cockermouth, 132 of 441 (30%), followed by the A5086 (65).

Collisions in Cockermouth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB5292132145228
2ndA50866575112
3rdA595223309
4thA6671000
5thA5943301

Council area for Cockermouth

Cockermouth is in Cumberland, where police recorded 38,879 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cockermouth accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Cockermouth

All 441 collisions in Cockermouth were in the CA13 postcode district.