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Newburgh (West Lancashire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 119 road traffic collisions in Newburgh, West Lancashire, from 1979 to 2025, and 197 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 26 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
119
2,596th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
197
1.66 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
26
30 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Newburgh

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2622%
  • Slight9378%

What the data shows

  • Newburgh had 10 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 21 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Newburgh were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 28 children under 16 were killed or injured in Newburgh, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 46% of collisions in Newburgh.

Where Newburgh ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,596th
Most casualties
2,293rd
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,489th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (12%)
  • Tuesday14 (12%)
  • Wednesday17 (14%)
  • Thursday16 (13%)
  • Friday20 (17%)
  • Saturday16 (13%)
  • Sunday22 (18%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight89 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit28 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway115 (97%)
  • Roundabout3 (2.5%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph89 (75%)
  • 40 mph3 (2.5%)
  • 60 mph25 (21%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds91 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (17%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant120 (61%)
  • Motorcyclist29 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (7.1%)
  • Pedestrian12 (6.1%)
  • Cyclist10 (5.1%)
  • Van occupant7 (3.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (2%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Newburgh road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Newburgh, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Newburgh peaked at 8 in 1992; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202414
202300
202211
202100
202011
201924
201811
201746
201600
201533
201411
201300
201234
201111
201059
2009214
200835
200724
200616
200500
200411
200311
200200
200123
200023
199936
199823
199758
199646
199500
199445
199323
1992819
199122
199068
1989610
198867
198735
198634
198568
198455
198345
198212
198159
198046
197934

Map of recent crashes in Newburgh

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Newburgh

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Newburgh

The 24 most recent collisions in Newburgh happened between 12 October 2009 and 12 December 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Newburgh

Of the 119 collisions in Newburgh, 79 were on the A5209.

Collisions in Newburgh on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA520979132015

Council area for Newburgh

Newburgh is in West Lancashire, where police recorded 16,774 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Newburgh accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Newburgh

All 119 collisions in Newburgh were in the WN8 postcode district.