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Rishton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 500 road traffic collisions in Rishton, Hyndburn, from 1979 to 2025, and 633 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 107 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
500
1,161st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
633
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
107
116 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Rishton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.6%
  • Serious10721%
  • Slight38577%

What the data shows

  • Rishton had 69 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 101 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Rishton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 187 children under 16 were killed or injured in Rishton, 30% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Rishton.

Where Rishton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,161st
Most casualties
1,163rd
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,102nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday77 (15%)
  • Tuesday76 (15%)
  • Wednesday71 (14%)
  • Thursday83 (17%)
  • Friday84 (17%)
  • Saturday59 (12%)
  • Sunday50 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight376 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit117 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway493 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.6%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph13 (2.6%)
  • 30 mph432 (86%)
  • 40 mph36 (7.2%)
  • 50 mph9 (1.8%)
  • 60 mph10 (2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds396 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds81 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other4 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant271 (43%)
  • Pedestrian198 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist66 (10%)
  • Cyclist53 (8.4%)
  • Van occupant23 (3.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Rishton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rishton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Rishton peaked at 19 in 1996; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202578
20241010
202356
202267
2021712
202067
2019913
201869
201767
201677
201579
2014911
201379
20121010
20111115
20101112
20091111
200899
20071112
20061519
2005810
2004812
20031117
200279
20011722
20001517
19991214
19981428
1997810
19961925
19951822
19941517
19931111
19921518
1991910
19901719
19891520
19881423
19871517
198688
19851213
19841315
19831213
1982812
1981917
19801318
1979713

Map of recent crashes in Rishton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Rishton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Rishton

The 24 most recent collisions in Rishton happened between 12 June 2022 and 6 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Rishton

The A678 has the most collisions in Rishton, 290 of 500 (58%), followed by the B6535 (68).

Collisions in Rishton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA678290374667
2ndB65356896114

Council area for Rishton

Rishton is in Hyndburn, where police recorded 12,263 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Rishton accounts for 4.1% of them.

Postcode district for Rishton

All 500 collisions in Rishton were in the BB1 postcode district.