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Milnthorpe road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 143 road traffic collisions in Milnthorpe, Westmorland and Furness, from 1979 to 2025, and 170 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 28 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
143
2,339th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
170
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
28
31 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Milnthorpe

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.4%
  • Serious2820%
  • Slight11379%

What the data shows

  • Milnthorpe had 23 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 26% fewer than the 31 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Milnthorpe were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 27 children under 16 were killed or injured in Milnthorpe, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Milnthorpe.

Where Milnthorpe ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,339th
Most casualties
2,499th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,411th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (13%)
  • Tuesday25 (17%)
  • Wednesday28 (20%)
  • Thursday15 (10%)
  • Friday28 (20%)
  • Saturday17 (12%)
  • Sunday11 (7.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight111 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit31 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway137 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (2.1%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (2.8%)
  • 30 mph131 (92%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph6 (4.2%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds111 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other6 (4.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant79 (46%)
  • Pedestrian44 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (12%)
  • Cyclist20 (12%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Milnthorpe road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Milnthorpe, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Milnthorpe peaked at 8 in 1990; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202300
202222
202100
202044
201933
201845
201733
201667
201522
201434
201367
201234
201123
201046
200934
200833
200722
200635
200548
200433
200300
200211
200111
200033
199934
199836
199711
199669
199555
199411
199322
199233
199123
199089
198911
198877
198778
198622
198522
198422
198322
198257
198177
198055
197933

Map of recent crashes in Milnthorpe

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Milnthorpe

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Milnthorpe

The 24 most recent collisions in Milnthorpe happened between 27 November 2015 and 20 March 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Milnthorpe

The A6 has the most collisions in Milnthorpe, 64 of 143 (45%), followed by the B6385 (24).

Collisions in Milnthorpe on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA66478113
2ndB6385242805
3rdB5282141505
4thB6384131502

Council area for Milnthorpe

Milnthorpe is in Westmorland and Furness, where police recorded 38,503 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Milnthorpe accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Milnthorpe

All 143 collisions in Milnthorpe were in the LA7 postcode district.