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Ince-in-Makerfield road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,178 road traffic collisions in Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,526 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 180 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, down from 15 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,178
674th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,526
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
16 people killed
Serious collisions
180
194 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
15 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ince-in-Makerfield

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal131.1%
  • Serious18015%
  • Slight98584%

What the data shows

  • Ince-in-Makerfield had 111 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 169 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Ince-in-Makerfield were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 337 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ince-in-Makerfield, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Ince-in-Makerfield.

Where Ince-in-Makerfield ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
674th
Most casualties
664th
Most fatal collisions
707th
Most serious collisions
750th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday173 (15%)
  • Tuesday163 (14%)
  • Wednesday181 (15%)
  • Thursday172 (15%)
  • Friday189 (16%)
  • Saturday158 (13%)
  • Sunday142 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight840 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit324 (28%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,119 (95%)
  • One way street or slip road24 (2%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (1.7%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded12 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph26 (2.2%)
  • 30 mph1,150 (98%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds919 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds196 (17%)
  • Fine with high winds20 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other6 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded15 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant669 (44%)
  • Pedestrian402 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist185 (12%)
  • Cyclist133 (8.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant77 (5%)
  • Van occupant26 (1.7%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ince-in-Makerfield road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ince-in-Makerfield, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ince-in-Makerfield peaked at 50 in 1999; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202599
20241516
20231114
2022810
20211213
20201113
20191014
20181515
20171314
2016711
20151316
20141111
2013915
20121215
20111113
20101519
20092231
20082026
20072736
20062938
20053037
20042530
20033042
20024778
20013954
20003546
19995077
19984371
19973753
19962940
19953855
19942627
19933238
19923747
19913952
19904555
19893641
19883242
19872432
19863137
19852224
19843336
19832730
19823641
19812023
19803543
19792026

Map of recent crashes in Ince-in-Makerfield

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ince-in-Makerfield

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ince-in-Makerfield

The 24 most recent collisions in Ince-in-Makerfield happened between 15 January 2024 and 5 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ince-in-Makerfield

The A573 has the most collisions in Ince-in-Makerfield, 354 of 1,178 (30%), followed by the A577 (331).

Collisions in Ince-in-Makerfield on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA573354464754
2ndA577331449244
3rdA494502

Council area for Ince-in-Makerfield

Ince-in-Makerfield is in Wigan, where police recorded 41,505 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ince-in-Makerfield accounts for 2.8% of them.

Postcode districts in Ince-in-Makerfield

Collisions in Ince-in-Makerfield were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by WN2 (590) and WN3 (487).