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Croston road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 133 road traffic collisions in Croston, Chorley, from 1979 to 2025, and 177 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 24 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
133
2,437th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
177
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
24
26 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Croston

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.8%
  • Serious2418%
  • Slight10881%

What the data shows

  • Croston had 16 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 26 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Croston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 30 children under 16 were killed or injured in Croston, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Croston.

Where Croston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,437th
Most casualties
2,443rd
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,570th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday18 (14%)
  • Tuesday22 (17%)
  • Wednesday18 (14%)
  • Thursday18 (14%)
  • Friday21 (16%)
  • Saturday19 (14%)
  • Sunday17 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight99 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit32 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway131 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (3.8%)
  • 30 mph113 (85%)
  • 40 mph11 (8.3%)
  • 60 mph4 (3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds105 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds18 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (3%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.8%)
  • Other1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant94 (53%)
  • Pedestrian33 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist23 (13%)
  • Cyclist22 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Croston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Croston, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Croston peaked at 9 in 1990; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202300
202211
202122
202014
201933
201844
201734
201611
201522
201411
201322
201200
201166
201011
200948
200846
200748
200622
200545
200433
200334
200233
200144
200011
199925
199822
199733
199679
199535
199433
1993611
199247
199134
1990913
198923
198822
198734
198636
198544
198446
198322
198211
198122
198033
197956

Map of recent crashes in Croston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Croston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Croston

The 24 most recent collisions in Croston happened between 12 September 2011 and 13 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Croston

The A581 has the most collisions in Croston, 62 of 133 (47%), followed by the B5247 (29).

Collisions in Croston on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA581628609
2ndB5247293415
3rdB5249263907

Council area for Croston

Croston is in Chorley, where police recorded 14,765 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Croston accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Croston

All 133 collisions in Croston were in the PR26 postcode district.