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Land Gate road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 141 road traffic collisions in Land Gate, Wigan, from 1980 to 2025, and 206 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 14 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
141
2,363rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
206
1.46 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
14
19 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Land Gate

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious149.9%
  • Slight12790%

What the data shows

  • Land Gate had 12 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 20 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 9.9% of collisions in Land Gate were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 35 children under 16 were killed or injured in Land Gate, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in Land Gate.

Where Land Gate ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,363rd
Most casualties
2,230th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,827th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (16%)
  • Tuesday18 (13%)
  • Wednesday14 (9.9%)
  • Thursday19 (13%)
  • Friday23 (16%)
  • Saturday25 (18%)
  • Sunday20 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight99 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit39 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (2.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway132 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2.1%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.4%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded3 (2.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph139 (99%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds113 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant128 (62%)
  • Pedestrian26 (13%)
  • Cyclist19 (9.2%)
  • Motorcyclist10 (4.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (4.4%)
  • Van occupant5 (2.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Land Gate road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Land Gate, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Land Gate peaked at 9 in 1997; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202411
202335
202200
202100
202000
201922
201823
201722
201600
201511
201400
201312
201211
201133
201055
2009313
200811
200724
200635
200522
200459
200368
200245
2001712
200056
199935
1998712
1997914
199656
199566
199456
199333
1992715
199136
199068
198945
198867
198712
198622
198512
198400
198312
198222
198133
198068

Map of recent crashes in Land Gate

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Land Gate

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Land Gate

The 24 most recent collisions in Land Gate happened between 14 March 2009 and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Land Gate

Of the 141 collisions in Land Gate, 115 were on the A49.

Collisions in Land Gate on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA49115173013

Council area for Land Gate

Land Gate is in Wigan, where police recorded 41,505 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Land Gate accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Land Gate

All 141 collisions in Land Gate were in the WN4 postcode district.