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Newton-with-Scales road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 135 road traffic collisions in Newton-with-Scales, Fylde, from 1979 to 2025, and 220 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 25 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
135
2,418th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
220
1.63 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
25
29 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Newton-with-Scales

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal43%
  • Serious2519%
  • Slight10679%

What the data shows

  • Newton-with-Scales had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 11% more than the 19 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Newton-with-Scales were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 18 children under 16 were killed or injured in Newton-with-Scales, 8.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in Newton-with-Scales.

Where Newton-with-Scales ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,418th
Most casualties
2,153rd
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
2,540th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday18 (13%)
  • Tuesday15 (11%)
  • Wednesday22 (16%)
  • Thursday21 (16%)
  • Friday21 (16%)
  • Saturday17 (13%)
  • Sunday21 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight102 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit32 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway104 (77%)
  • Dual carriageway29 (21%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph14 (10%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.5%)
  • 50 mph105 (78%)
  • 60 mph14 (10%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds106 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds21 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (3.7%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Other1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant174 (79%)
  • Motorcyclist19 (8.6%)
  • Pedestrian12 (5.5%)
  • Van occupant6 (2.7%)
  • Cyclist3 (1.4%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Newton-with-Scales road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Newton-with-Scales, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Newton-with-Scales peaked at 7 in 1979; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202334
202233
202111
202022
201911
201845
201733
201633
201513
201423
201311
201211
201111
201022
200938
200812
200769
200612
2005311
2004611
200311
200224
200100
2000613
199936
199823
199734
199635
199567
1994511
199366
199211
199113
199024
198946
1988410
198747
198635
198557
198423
198348
198248
198122
198069
1979710

Map of recent crashes in Newton-with-Scales

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Newton-with-Scales

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Newton-with-Scales

The 24 most recent collisions in Newton-with-Scales happened between 22 February 2014 and 25 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Newton-with-Scales

Of the 135 collisions in Newton-with-Scales, 118 were on the A583.

Collisions in Newton-with-Scales on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA583118194422

Council area for Newton-with-Scales

Newton-with-Scales is in Fylde, where police recorded 11,916 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Newton-with-Scales accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Newton-with-Scales

All 135 collisions in Newton-with-Scales were in the PR4 postcode district.