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Platt Bridge and Abram road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 946 road traffic collisions in Platt Bridge and Abram, Wigan, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,186 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 129 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
946
783rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,186
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
129
138 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Platt Bridge and Abram

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.1%
  • Serious12914%
  • Slight80785%

What the data shows

  • Platt Bridge and Abram had 69 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 153 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Platt Bridge and Abram were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 337 children under 16 were killed or injured in Platt Bridge and Abram, 28% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Platt Bridge and Abram.

Where Platt Bridge and Abram ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
783rd
Most casualties
795th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
957th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday139 (15%)
  • Tuesday144 (15%)
  • Wednesday121 (13%)
  • Thursday134 (14%)
  • Friday169 (18%)
  • Saturday134 (14%)
  • Sunday105 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight695 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit236 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway892 (94%)
  • Roundabout17 (1.8%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (1.5%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded17 (1.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph933 (99%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds760 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds131 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds14 (1.5%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other10 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded17 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant552 (47%)
  • Pedestrian320 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist127 (11%)
  • Cyclist114 (9.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant32 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant19 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Platt Bridge and Abram road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Platt Bridge and Abram, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Platt Bridge and Abram peaked at 40 in 1990; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025610
20241014
202334
202244
202166
202037
20191420
201889
2017812
201679
201546
2014913
20131010
20121319
20112024
20101821
20091925
20081821
20072131
20062123
20052430
20041616
20032735
20022436
20012433
20002126
19992327
19983653
19973247
19963847
19952225
19942631
19933134
19923537
19913047
19904049
19892832
19882330
19873240
19862123
19852837
19841617
19833032
19821619
19812629
19802933
19792633

Map of recent crashes in Platt Bridge and Abram

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Platt Bridge and Abram

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Platt Bridge and Abram

The 24 most recent collisions in Platt Bridge and Abram happened between 26 October 2021 and 27 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Platt Bridge and Abram

The A573 has the most collisions in Platt Bridge and Abram, 380 of 946 (40%), followed by the A58 (220).

Collisions in Platt Bridge and Abram on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA573380488543
2ndA58220272433
3rdB5237466015
4thA5773301

Council area for Platt Bridge and Abram

Platt Bridge and Abram is in Wigan, where police recorded 41,505 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Platt Bridge and Abram accounts for 2.3% of them.

Postcode district for Platt Bridge and Abram

All 946 collisions in Platt Bridge and Abram were in the WN2 postcode district.