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Millom road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 279 road traffic collisions in Millom, Cumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 322 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 68 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
279
1,624th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
322
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
68
71 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Millom

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.4%
  • Serious6824%
  • Slight21075%

What the data shows

  • Millom had 28 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 44 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Millom were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 100 children under 16 were killed or injured in Millom, 31% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Millom.

Where Millom ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,624th
Most casualties
1,731st
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,461st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday43 (15%)
  • Tuesday48 (17%)
  • Wednesday29 (10%)
  • Thursday44 (16%)
  • Friday38 (14%)
  • Saturday48 (17%)
  • Sunday29 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight224 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit49 (18%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway274 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.7%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph24 (8.6%)
  • 30 mph253 (91%)
  • 60 mph2 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds231 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other7 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant120 (37%)
  • Pedestrian97 (30%)
  • Cyclist61 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist39 (12%)
  • Van occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Millom road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Millom, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Millom peaked at 14 in 1982; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202434
202333
202222
202122
202012
201935
201844
201746
201633
201544
201433
201344
201233
201122
201011
200967
200855
200778
2006910
20051011
200456
2003918
200277
200146
200066
199967
199822
199755
199688
199556
199488
199388
199266
19911212
199078
19891113
19881111
19871318
198678
1985910
19841014
1983910
19821416
198156
198044
197967

Map of recent crashes in Millom

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Millom

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Millom

The 24 most recent collisions in Millom happened between 8 March 2017 and 21 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Millom

Of the 279 collisions in Millom, 60 were on the A5093.

Collisions in Millom on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA50936075017

Council area for Millom

Millom is in Cumberland, where police recorded 38,879 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Millom accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Millom

All 279 collisions in Millom were in the LA18 postcode district.