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Galgate road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 141 road traffic collisions in Galgate, Lancaster, from 1979 to 2025, and 199 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 28 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
141
2,363rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
199
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
28
29 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Galgate

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2820%
  • Slight11380%

What the data shows

  • Galgate had 13 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 31 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Galgate were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 35 children under 16 were killed or injured in Galgate, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Galgate.

Where Galgate ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,363rd
Most casualties
2,276th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,411th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday26 (18%)
  • Tuesday22 (16%)
  • Wednesday14 (9.9%)
  • Thursday18 (13%)
  • Friday24 (17%)
  • Saturday25 (18%)
  • Sunday12 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight113 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (2.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway137 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (2.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 20 mph4 (2.8%)
  • 30 mph126 (89%)
  • 50 mph2 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph8 (5.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds112 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (14%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other3 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant111 (56%)
  • Pedestrian35 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist23 (12%)
  • Cyclist14 (7%)
  • Van occupant8 (4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Galgate road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Galgate, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Galgate peaked at 10 in 2000; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202412
202323
202223
202122
202000
201934
201800
201712
201622
201533
201422
201358
201233
201146
201044
200945
200811
200734
200627
200535
200400
200337
200245
200112
20001016
1999710
199833
1997610
1996410
199544
199426
199333
199257
199122
199023
198922
198833
198711
198657
198556
198445
198333
198234
198155
198035
197944

Map of recent crashes in Galgate

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Galgate

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Galgate

The 24 most recent collisions in Galgate happened between 30 August 2012 and 10 June 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Galgate

Of the 141 collisions in Galgate, 90 were on the A6.

Collisions in Galgate on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA690133016

Council area for Galgate

Galgate is in Lancaster, where police recorded 20,796 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Galgate accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Galgate

All 141 collisions in Galgate were in the LA2 postcode district.