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Skelmersdale road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,671 road traffic collisions in Skelmersdale, West Lancashire, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,188 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 19 were fatal and 369 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 26 collisions, up 30% on 2024 (20).

Collisions since 1979
1,671
520th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,188
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
19
19 people killed
Serious collisions
369
398 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
26
Up 30% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
36
Up 50% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Skelmersdale

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal191.1%
  • Serious36922%
  • Slight1,28377%

What the data shows

  • Skelmersdale had 221 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 278 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Skelmersdale were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 517 children under 16 were killed or injured in Skelmersdale, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Skelmersdale.

Where Skelmersdale ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
520th
Most casualties
502nd
Most fatal collisions
518th
Most serious collisions
431st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday238 (14%)
  • Tuesday217 (13%)
  • Wednesday244 (15%)
  • Thursday271 (16%)
  • Friday286 (17%)
  • Saturday237 (14%)
  • Sunday178 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,251 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit375 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit14 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,209 (72%)
  • Dual carriageway180 (11%)
  • Roundabout152 (9.1%)
  • One way street or slip road99 (5.9%)
  • Not recorded31 (1.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph68 (4.1%)
  • 30 mph1,085 (65%)
  • 40 mph414 (25%)
  • 50 mph9 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph67 (4%)
  • 70 mph26 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,314 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds252 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds23 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.2%)
  • Other15 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded23 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,097 (50%)
  • Pedestrian460 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist238 (11%)
  • Cyclist195 (8.9%)
  • Van occupant58 (2.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant57 (2.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant33 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)17 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant15 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant14 (0.6%)
  • Other4 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Skelmersdale road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Skelmersdale, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Skelmersdale peaked at 58 in 2004; 2025 had 26.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252636
20242024
20232028
20221831
20212126
20201421
20192632
20182128
20172327
20163237
20152643
20143037
20132126
20121929
20113039
20102430
20092025
20083446
20073647
20063852
20053846
20045871
20034059
20025064
20013847
20003447
19994779
19984569
19975075
19965677
19954155
19944659
19933553
19925774
19914463
19904960
19894866
19885560
19873743
19863643
19853336
19843643
19832834
19824854
19812732
19803842
19795873

Map of recent crashes in Skelmersdale

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Skelmersdale

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Skelmersdale

The 24 most recent collisions in Skelmersdale happened between 28 February and 13 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Skelmersdale

The B5312 has the most collisions in Skelmersdale, 99 of 1,671 (5.9%), followed by the A577 (95).

Collisions in Skelmersdale on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB531299155025
2ndA57795133117
3rdM58213515
4thA506871001
5thA5066800
6thM63300

Council area for Skelmersdale

Skelmersdale is in West Lancashire, where police recorded 16,774 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Skelmersdale accounts for 9.9% of them.

Postcode districts in Skelmersdale

Collisions in Skelmersdale were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by WN8 (1,650) and L40 (21).