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Standish road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 841 road traffic collisions in Standish, Wigan, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,126 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 104 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
841
854th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,126
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
104
118 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Standish

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81%
  • Serious10412%
  • Slight72987%

What the data shows

  • Standish had 45 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 60% fewer than the 112 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in Standish were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 190 children under 16 were killed or injured in Standish, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Standish.

Where Standish ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
854th
Most casualties
824th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,117th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday111 (13%)
  • Tuesday111 (13%)
  • Wednesday109 (13%)
  • Thursday144 (17%)
  • Friday158 (19%)
  • Saturday107 (13%)
  • Sunday101 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight600 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit227 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway784 (93%)
  • One way street or slip road24 (2.9%)
  • Dual carriageway16 (1.9%)
  • Roundabout7 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph827 (98%)
  • 40 mph6 (0.7%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph6 (0.7%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds660 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds130 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Other6 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant622 (55%)
  • Pedestrian219 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist125 (11%)
  • Cyclist85 (7.5%)
  • Van occupant29 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant26 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Standish road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Standish, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Standish peaked at 42 in 2001; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202423
202333
202222
202145
202056
201968
201835
201778
2016911
201558
201434
2013913
201288
20111319
20101217
20091517
20081321
20071621
20061830
20052137
20042230
20032027
20022130
20014264
20002843
19993038
19982435
19972735
19962535
19952430
19942641
19931722
19922635
19912735
19902734
19893037
19883751
19872530
19862228
19853643
19842023
19832124
19821420
19811821
19802429
19793034

Map of recent crashes in Standish

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Standish

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Standish

The 24 most recent collisions in Standish happened between 28 April 2019 and 26 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Standish

The A49 has the most collisions in Standish, 431 of 841 (51%), followed by the A5209 (98).

Collisions in Standish on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA49431573651
2ndA520998145111
3rdB523995143111
4thA5106415508
5thB52095501

Council area for Standish

Standish is in Wigan, where police recorded 41,505 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Standish accounts for 2% of them.

Postcode districts in Standish

Collisions in Standish were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by WN6 (813) and WN1 (28).