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Furness Vale road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 148 road traffic collisions in Furness Vale, High Peak, from 1979 to 2025, and 195 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 28 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
148
2,289th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
195
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
28
31 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Furness Vale

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal42.7%
  • Serious2819%
  • Slight11678%

What the data shows

  • Furness Vale had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 38 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Furness Vale were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 16 children under 16 were killed or injured in Furness Vale, 8.5% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Furness Vale.

Where Furness Vale ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,289th
Most casualties
2,307th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
2,411th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday26 (18%)
  • Tuesday25 (17%)
  • Wednesday13 (8.8%)
  • Thursday21 (14%)
  • Friday22 (15%)
  • Saturday22 (15%)
  • Sunday19 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight107 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (2.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway147 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph66 (45%)
  • 40 mph66 (45%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph15 (10%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds109 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds25 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other3 (2%)
  • Not recorded6 (4.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant112 (57%)
  • Pedestrian24 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (10%)
  • Cyclist17 (8.7%)
  • Van occupant8 (4.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (3.1%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Furness Vale road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Furness Vale, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Furness Vale peaked at 9 in 2008; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202411
202334
202222
202122
202011
201900
201833
201722
201656
201511
201411
201311
201256
201122
201046
200956
2008915
200725
2006810
200556
200411
200356
200257
200149
200022
199967
199822
199722
199645
199524
199411
199333
199233
199144
1990410
198923
198800
198767
198600
198525
198467
198379
198233
198157
198045
197911

Map of recent crashes in Furness Vale

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Furness Vale

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Furness Vale

The 24 most recent collisions in Furness Vale happened between 30 December 2013 and 21 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Furness Vale

The A6 has the most collisions in Furness Vale, 128 of 148 (86%), followed by the B6062 (4).

Collisions in Furness Vale on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6128169424
2ndB60624500

Council area for Furness Vale

Furness Vale is in High Peak, where police recorded 13,329 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Furness Vale accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Furness Vale

All 148 collisions in Furness Vale were in the SK23 postcode district.