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Dalton-in-Furness road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 524 road traffic collisions in Dalton-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, from 1979 to 2025, and 629 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 101 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
524
1,128th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
629
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
7 people killed
Serious collisions
101
114 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Dalton-in-Furness

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51%
  • Serious10119%
  • Slight41880%

What the data shows

  • Dalton-in-Furness had 54 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 26% fewer than the 73 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Dalton-in-Furness were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 156 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dalton-in-Furness, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Dalton-in-Furness.

Where Dalton-in-Furness ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,128th
Most casualties
1,167th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,142nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday67 (13%)
  • Tuesday79 (15%)
  • Wednesday68 (13%)
  • Thursday87 (17%)
  • Friday87 (17%)
  • Saturday64 (12%)
  • Sunday72 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight420 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit96 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway509 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout4 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded5 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph45 (8.6%)
  • 30 mph396 (76%)
  • 40 mph40 (7.6%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph37 (7.1%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds417 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds74 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other3 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded11 (2.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant238 (38%)
  • Pedestrian166 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist107 (17%)
  • Cyclist80 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (2.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dalton-in-Furness road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dalton-in-Furness, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Dalton-in-Furness peaked at 24 in 1984; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202400
202355
202255
202133
202025
201922
201888
2017910
20161723
201568
201478
201356
201233
201168
201089
2009711
20081011
20071214
2006913
200599
200489
20031214
20021217
2001811
20001010
199978
19981620
199745
19961518
19951213
19942123
19932122
19921929
19912126
19901313
19891617
19882024
19871213
19861822
19851925
19842427
19832333
19821415
19811114
19802224
19791013

Map of recent crashes in Dalton-in-Furness

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dalton-in-Furness

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dalton-in-Furness

The 24 most recent collisions in Dalton-in-Furness happened between 7 June 2018 and 17 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dalton-in-Furness

The A590 has the most collisions in Dalton-in-Furness, 155 of 524 (30%), followed by the A595 (15).

Collisions in Dalton-in-Furness on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA590155191238
2ndA595151606

Council area for Dalton-in-Furness

Dalton-in-Furness is in Westmorland and Furness, where police recorded 38,503 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Dalton-in-Furness accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode districts in Dalton-in-Furness

Collisions in Dalton-in-Furness were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by LA15 (462) and LA13 (62).