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Shevington road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 410 road traffic collisions in Shevington, Wigan, from 1979 to 2025, and 546 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 65 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
410
1,291st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
546
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
65
72 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Shevington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal102.4%
  • Serious6516%
  • Slight33582%

What the data shows

  • Shevington had 23 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 51% fewer than the 47 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Shevington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 98 children under 16 were killed or injured in Shevington, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Shevington.

Where Shevington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,291st
Most casualties
1,260th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
1,497th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday61 (15%)
  • Tuesday66 (16%)
  • Wednesday49 (12%)
  • Thursday62 (15%)
  • Friday68 (17%)
  • Saturday53 (13%)
  • Sunday51 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight290 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit113 (28%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway367 (90%)
  • Dual carriageway24 (5.9%)
  • Roundabout12 (2.9%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph388 (95%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 70 mph19 (4.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds321 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds62 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other5 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant283 (52%)
  • Pedestrian96 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist90 (16%)
  • Cyclist41 (7.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant11 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (1.5%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Shevington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Shevington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Shevington peaked at 19 in 1984; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202445
202322
202211
202100
202011
201935
201834
2017511
201622
201522
201433
201334
201244
201122
201089
200956
200878
200757
2006811
2005917
20041118
200367
20021112
20011014
2000710
19991212
19981216
19971119
1996810
19951013
19941519
19931423
1992911
19911117
19901621
19891015
19881621
19871624
19861414
19851721
19841924
19831626
19821215
19811822
19801319
19791717

Map of recent crashes in Shevington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Shevington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Shevington

The 24 most recent collisions in Shevington happened between 27 September 2015 and 22 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Shevington

The B5206 has the most collisions in Shevington, 258 of 410 (63%), followed by the B5375 (73).

Collisions in Shevington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB5206258357647
2ndB53757391210
3rdM6192722
4thA52063301

Council area for Shevington

Shevington is in Wigan, where police recorded 41,505 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Shevington accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Shevington

All 410 collisions in Shevington were in the WN6 postcode district.