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Grange-over-Sands road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 211 road traffic collisions in Grange-over-Sands, Westmorland and Furness, from 1979 to 2025, and 267 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 41 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 31 July 2023.

Collisions since 1979
211
1,892nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
267
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
41
49 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
31 Jul 2023
Busiest year
2000
12 collisions

Road collision statistics for Grange-over-Sands

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal73.3%
  • Serious4119%
  • Slight16377%

What the data shows

  • Grange-over-Sands had 29 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 43 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Grange-over-Sands were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 19 children under 16 were killed or injured in Grange-over-Sands, 7.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Grange-over-Sands.

Where Grange-over-Sands ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,892nd
Most casualties
1,934th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,948th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (13%)
  • Tuesday36 (17%)
  • Wednesday23 (11%)
  • Thursday34 (16%)
  • Friday35 (17%)
  • Saturday32 (15%)
  • Sunday23 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight173 (82%)
  • Dark, street lights lit30 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (2.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway193 (91%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (5.7%)
  • Roundabout5 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph200 (95%)
  • 40 mph3 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph8 (3.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds171 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds25 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (2.4%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded7 (3.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant144 (54%)
  • Pedestrian64 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (10%)
  • Cyclist24 (9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.4%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Grange-over-Sands road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Grange-over-Sands, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Grange-over-Sands peaked at 12 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
202400
202356
202222
202100
202045
201911
201888
201768
201633
201545
20141010
201346
201257
201111
201023
200956
200844
200735
200655
200523
2004712
200356
200200
200168
20001214
199978
199811
199744
19961017
199549
199422
199345
199256
199155
199067
198922
198857
1987812
198678
1985712
198444
198366
198244
1981810
198056
197934

Map of recent crashes in Grange-over-Sands

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Grange-over-Sands

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Grange-over-Sands

The 24 most recent collisions in Grange-over-Sands happened between 15 February 2017 and 31 July 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Grange-over-Sands

The B5277 has the most collisions in Grange-over-Sands, 126 of 211 (60%), followed by the B5271 (6).

Collisions in Grange-over-Sands on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB5277126166322
2ndB52716701

Council area for Grange-over-Sands

Grange-over-Sands is in Westmorland and Furness, where police recorded 38,503 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Grange-over-Sands accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Grange-over-Sands

All 211 collisions in Grange-over-Sands were in the LA11 postcode district.