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Egremont road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 389 road traffic collisions in Egremont, Cumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 457 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 72 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
389
1,332nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
457
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
72
75 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Egremont

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.8%
  • Serious7219%
  • Slight31481%

What the data shows

  • Egremont had 48 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 31% fewer than the 70 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Egremont were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 107 children under 16 were killed or injured in Egremont, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Egremont.

Where Egremont ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,332nd
Most casualties
1,403rd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,407th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday62 (16%)
  • Tuesday54 (14%)
  • Wednesday54 (14%)
  • Thursday59 (15%)
  • Friday71 (18%)
  • Saturday53 (14%)
  • Sunday36 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight295 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit91 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway368 (95%)
  • Roundabout15 (3.9%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph357 (92%)
  • 40 mph6 (1.5%)
  • 50 mph8 (2.1%)
  • 60 mph16 (4.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds307 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds45 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.5%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Other13 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded13 (3.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant157 (34%)
  • Pedestrian140 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist75 (16%)
  • Cyclist63 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Egremont road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Egremont, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Egremont peaked at 20 in 1988; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202535
202424
202345
202245
202155
202055
20191010
201856
201779
201633
201522
201466
2013910
2012914
201133
201055
200989
200888
20071214
200688
20051426
20041314
200366
2002914
200178
20001111
199979
199845
1997913
199666
199568
199479
199357
19921213
199189
1990910
19891012
19882022
19871212
19861720
1985812
19841010
19831010
198299
19811919
19801114
19791213

Map of recent crashes in Egremont

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Egremont

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Egremont

The 24 most recent collisions in Egremont happened between 23 December 2019 and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Egremont

Of the 389 collisions in Egremont, 146 were on the A595.

Collisions in Egremont on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA595146168231

Council area for Egremont

Egremont is in Cumberland, where police recorded 38,879 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Egremont accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Egremont

All 389 collisions in Egremont were in the CA22 postcode district.