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Darwen road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,933 road traffic collisions in Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,714 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 36 were fatal and 510 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 30 collisions, level with 2024.

Collisions since 1979
2,933
341st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,714
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
36
38 people killed
Serious collisions
510
555 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
30
Level with 2024
Casualties in 2025
43
Up 16% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Darwen

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal361.2%
  • Serious51017%
  • Slight2,38781%

What the data shows

  • Darwen had 383 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 541 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Darwen were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 886 children under 16 were killed or injured in Darwen, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Darwen.

Where Darwen ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
341st
Most casualties
340th
Most fatal collisions
292nd
Most serious collisions
333rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday408 (14%)
  • Tuesday413 (14%)
  • Wednesday385 (13%)
  • Thursday473 (16%)
  • Friday529 (18%)
  • Saturday404 (14%)
  • Sunday321 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,171 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit692 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown38 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,639 (90%)
  • One way street or slip road198 (6.8%)
  • Dual carriageway68 (2.3%)
  • Roundabout18 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph57 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph2,830 (96%)
  • 40 mph14 (0.5%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph15 (0.5%)
  • 70 mph11 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,278 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds477 (16%)
  • Snowing, no high winds31 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds30 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds30 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds7 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.2%)
  • Other27 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded48 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,698 (46%)
  • Pedestrian1,165 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist366 (9.9%)
  • Cyclist277 (7.5%)
  • Van occupant79 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant62 (1.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant28 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)18 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.2%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Darwen road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Darwen, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Darwen peaked at 101 in 1997; 2025 had 30.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 30
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253043
20243037
20233234
20223042
20213540
20203652
20194451
20184960
20175264
20164564
20154561
20145063
20134758
20125375
20114652
20106276
20095067
20085462
20076381
20067190
20056885
20046386
20035674
200272105
20016286
20007093
19997287
1998100122
1997101145
19967595
199591123
199480113
199373106
199286101
19917587
199091110
198985109
19887384
19877895
19865265
19857692
19847480
19835670
19828199
19815768
19808395
19795967

Map of recent crashes in Darwen

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Darwen

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Darwen

The 24 most recent collisions in Darwen happened between 27 February and 24 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Darwen

The A666 has the most collisions in Darwen, 1,361 of 2,933 (46%), followed by the M65 (11).

Collisions in Darwen on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6661,3611,75520224
2ndM65112002

Council area for Darwen

Darwen is in Blackburn with Darwen, where police recorded 23,836 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Darwen accounts for 12% of them.

Postcode districts in Darwen

Collisions in Darwen were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by BB3 (2,899) and BB2 (34).