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Formby road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,543 road traffic collisions in Formby, Sefton, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,962 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 17 were fatal and 185 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, down from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,543
553rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,962
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
17
18 people killed
Serious collisions
185
194 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Formby

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal171.1%
  • Serious18512%
  • Slight1,34187%

What the data shows

  • Formby had 176 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% fewer than the 226 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in Formby were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 301 children under 16 were killed or injured in Formby, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Formby.

Where Formby ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
553rd
Most casualties
549th
Most fatal collisions
560th
Most serious collisions
739th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday223 (14%)
  • Tuesday217 (14%)
  • Wednesday225 (15%)
  • Thursday234 (15%)
  • Friday248 (16%)
  • Saturday226 (15%)
  • Sunday170 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,164 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit342 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown14 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,165 (76%)
  • Dual carriageway182 (12%)
  • Roundabout182 (12%)
  • One way street or slip road10 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph56 (3.6%)
  • 30 mph1,263 (82%)
  • 40 mph14 (0.9%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph45 (2.9%)
  • 70 mph160 (10%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,213 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds210 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds40 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds27 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other19 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded18 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,053 (54%)
  • Cyclist348 (18%)
  • Pedestrian312 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist156 (8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant33 (1.7%)
  • Van occupant32 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant11 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.3%)
  • Horse rider2 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Formby road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Formby, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Formby peaked at 58 in 1989; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251214
20241416
20231114
20222021
20211617
20201519
20192023
20182128
20172434
20162326
20152327
20142125
20131618
20122226
20111824
20101821
20092832
20082740
20072427
20062931
20052834
20042843
20032633
20022336
20013045
20005062
19993956
19983443
19973746
19964964
19954657
19944456
19935066
19924459
19913645
19905569
19895880
19884669
19874761
19865066
19854662
19843642
19834450
19824655
19814456
19805869
19794755

Map of recent crashes in Formby

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Formby

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Formby

The 24 most recent collisions in Formby happened between 6 April 2024 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Formby

The B5424 has the most collisions in Formby, 277 of 1,543 (18%), followed by the A565 (224).

Collisions in Formby on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB5424277354226
2ndA565224313523
3rdB51958110916

Council area for Formby

Formby is in Sefton, where police recorded 38,810 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Formby accounts for 4% of them.

Postcode district for Formby

All 1,543 collisions in Formby were in the L37 postcode district.