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Longtown road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 185 road traffic collisions in Longtown, Cumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 251 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 39 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
185
2,030th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
251
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
39
48 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Longtown

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal42.2%
  • Serious3921%
  • Slight14277%

What the data shows

  • Longtown had 25 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 26% fewer than the 34 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Longtown were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 44 children under 16 were killed or injured in Longtown, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Longtown.

Where Longtown ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,030th
Most casualties
1,995th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,999th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (15%)
  • Tuesday21 (11%)
  • Wednesday22 (12%)
  • Thursday28 (15%)
  • Friday33 (18%)
  • Saturday28 (15%)
  • Sunday25 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight138 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit35 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (5.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway183 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.5%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph138 (75%)
  • 60 mph44 (24%)
  • 70 mph3 (1.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds137 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds26 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (3.2%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (2.7%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other2 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (2.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant128 (51%)
  • Pedestrian60 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist32 (13%)
  • Cyclist14 (5.6%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (2.8%)
  • Van occupant5 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.2%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Longtown road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Longtown, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Longtown peaked at 10 in 2002; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202455
202311
202223
202122
202011
201933
201844
201744
201611
201545
201434
201311
201244
201133
201044
2009313
200869
200744
200622
200546
200455
200355
20021016
200133
200046
199936
199856
199748
199688
199546
199435
1993811
199246
199147
199044
198949
198844
198755
198622
198522
1984510
198368
198266
198144
1980816
197922

Map of recent crashes in Longtown

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Longtown

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Longtown

The 24 most recent collisions in Longtown happened between 10 February 2017 and 4 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Longtown

The A7 has the most collisions in Longtown, 88 of 185 (48%), followed by the A6071 (26).

Collisions in Longtown on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA788128318
2ndA6071263816

Council area for Longtown

Longtown is in Cumberland, where police recorded 38,879 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Longtown accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Longtown

All 185 collisions in Longtown were in the CA6 postcode district.