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Hapton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 208 road traffic collisions in Hapton, Burnley, from 1979 to 2025, and 324 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 42 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
208
1,907th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
324
1.56 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
42
49 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hapton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal73.4%
  • Serious4220%
  • Slight15976%

What the data shows

  • Hapton had 33 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 25% fewer than the 44 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Hapton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 31 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hapton, 9.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 47% of collisions in Hapton.

Where Hapton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,907th
Most casualties
1,727th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,923rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday26 (13%)
  • Tuesday39 (19%)
  • Wednesday35 (17%)
  • Thursday25 (12%)
  • Friday33 (16%)
  • Saturday22 (11%)
  • Sunday28 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight141 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit51 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (5.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway163 (78%)
  • Dual carriageway43 (21%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph96 (46%)
  • 40 mph16 (7.7%)
  • 50 mph5 (2.4%)
  • 60 mph47 (23%)
  • 70 mph40 (19%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds152 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (3.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other2 (1%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant226 (70%)
  • Pedestrian27 (8.3%)
  • Motorcyclist26 (8%)
  • Van occupant21 (6.5%)
  • Cyclist9 (2.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hapton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hapton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hapton peaked at 10 in 2004; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202535
202411
202357
202222
202145
202011
201958
201833
201747
201656
201522
2014810
201337
201247
201159
201039
200957
200833
200733
2006827
2005814
20041023
2003812
200279
2001710
200079
199955
199822
199744
199611
199556
199433
199349
199278
199148
199035
198946
198845
198747
198623
198544
1984612
198311
1982710
198134
198055
1979610

Map of recent crashes in Hapton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hapton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hapton

The 24 most recent collisions in Hapton happened between 13 February 2018 and 19 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hapton

The A679 has the most collisions in Hapton, 75 of 208 (36%), followed by the M65 (40).

Collisions in Hapton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA67975124317
2ndM65406503

Council area for Hapton

Hapton is in Burnley, where police recorded 15,052 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hapton accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode districts in Hapton

Collisions in Hapton were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by BB11 (112) and BB12 (96).