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Higher Walton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 179 road traffic collisions in Higher Walton, South Ribble, from 1979 to 2025, and 252 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 34 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
179
2,065th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
252
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
34
39 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Higher Walton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.6%
  • Serious3419%
  • Slight14480%

What the data shows

  • Higher Walton had 28 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 28 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Higher Walton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 35 children under 16 were killed or injured in Higher Walton, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Higher Walton.

Where Higher Walton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,065th
Most casualties
1,988th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,171st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday29 (16%)
  • Tuesday31 (17%)
  • Wednesday26 (15%)
  • Thursday19 (11%)
  • Friday28 (16%)
  • Saturday33 (18%)
  • Sunday13 (7.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight122 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit51 (28%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (2.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway141 (79%)
  • Dual carriageway31 (17%)
  • Roundabout5 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph138 (77%)
  • 40 mph8 (4.5%)
  • 70 mph31 (17%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds151 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (9.5%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other2 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant164 (65%)
  • Pedestrian27 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (8.3%)
  • Cyclist20 (7.9%)
  • Van occupant17 (6.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Higher Walton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Higher Walton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Higher Walton peaked at 9 in 1987; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202469
202322
202211
202123
202034
201923
201800
201745
201656
201524
201411
201322
201224
2011310
201044
200922
200835
200735
200669
200569
2004513
200322
200222
200122
200044
199923
199846
199723
199622
199545
199434
199344
1992610
199166
199045
1989410
1988710
1987912
198638
1985810
198446
198378
198255
198135
198088
197978

Map of recent crashes in Higher Walton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Higher Walton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Higher Walton

The 24 most recent collisions in Higher Walton happened between 25 September 2016 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Higher Walton

The A675 has the most collisions in Higher Walton, 109 of 179 (61%), followed by the M6 (31).

Collisions in Higher Walton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA675109148014
2ndM6315515

Council area for Higher Walton

Higher Walton is in South Ribble, where police recorded 17,349 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Higher Walton accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Higher Walton

All 179 collisions in Higher Walton were in the PR5 postcode district.