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Flimby road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 112 road traffic collisions in Flimby, Cumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 148 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 23 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
112
2,673rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
148
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
23
29 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Flimby

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.7%
  • Serious2321%
  • Slight8677%

What the data shows

  • Flimby had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 18 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Flimby were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 39 children under 16 were killed or injured in Flimby, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Flimby.

Where Flimby ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,673rd
Most casualties
2,677th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,610th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday11 (9.8%)
  • Tuesday12 (11%)
  • Wednesday18 (16%)
  • Thursday18 (16%)
  • Friday20 (18%)
  • Saturday20 (18%)
  • Sunday13 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight86 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit23 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway111 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph63 (56%)
  • 40 mph38 (34%)
  • 60 mph10 (8.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds85 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds9 (8%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (5.4%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (3.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.9%)
  • Other5 (4.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant73 (49%)
  • Pedestrian39 (26%)
  • Cyclist13 (8.8%)
  • Motorcyclist10 (6.8%)
  • Van occupant5 (3.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Flimby road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Flimby, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Flimby peaked at 7 in 1990; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202411
202300
202200
202100
202033
201900
201811
201722
201611
201535
201400
201326
201222
201146
201000
200933
200812
200711
200624
200522
200414
200322
200233
200144
200000
199944
199845
199758
199666
199544
199423
199369
199223
199122
199079
198926
198867
198711
198644
198511
198422
198322
198222
198146
198046
197934

Map of recent crashes in Flimby

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Flimby

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Flimby

The 24 most recent collisions in Flimby happened between 26 April 2008 and 7 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Flimby

Of the 112 collisions in Flimby, 66 were on the A596.

Collisions in Flimby on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5966696317

Council area for Flimby

Flimby is in Cumberland, where police recorded 38,879 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Flimby accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Flimby

All 112 collisions in Flimby were in the CA15 postcode district.