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Ulverston road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,099 road traffic collisions in Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,352 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 253 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 14 collisions, down from 18 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,099
707th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,352
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
10 people killed
Serious collisions
253
264 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
14
18 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
15
18 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ulverston

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal90.8%
  • Serious25323%
  • Slight83776%

What the data shows

  • Ulverston had 139 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 177 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Ulverston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 266 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ulverston, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Ulverston.

Where Ulverston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
707th
Most casualties
712th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
582nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday134 (12%)
  • Tuesday153 (14%)
  • Wednesday158 (14%)
  • Thursday187 (17%)
  • Friday176 (16%)
  • Saturday171 (16%)
  • Sunday120 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight846 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit234 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway841 (77%)
  • Dual carriageway170 (15%)
  • One way street or slip road49 (4.5%)
  • Roundabout34 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph11 (1%)
  • 30 mph917 (83%)
  • 40 mph138 (13%)
  • 60 mph32 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds874 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds151 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds19 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other15 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded19 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant628 (46%)
  • Pedestrian301 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist194 (14%)
  • Cyclist172 (13%)
  • Van occupant22 (1.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant16 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ulverston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ulverston, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ulverston peaked at 42 in 1981; 2025 had 14.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 14
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251415
20241818
20231619
20221616
20211519
2020911
2019912
20181417
20171516
20161318
201599
20141825
201399
20121415
20111724
20102330
20091518
20082527
20072031
20062735
20053344
20042531
20031921
20021825
20012429
20001719
19992333
19982833
19972533
19962933
19952534
19944048
19932126
19922223
19913847
19904049
19894154
19883340
19873646
19863641
19853338
19843752
19832935
19821922
19814251
19802531
19792530

Map of recent crashes in Ulverston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ulverston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ulverston

The 24 most recent collisions in Ulverston happened between 11 October 2024 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ulverston

The A590 has the most collisions in Ulverston, 379 of 1,099 (34%), followed by the A5087 (144).

Collisions in Ulverston on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA590379507590
2ndA5087144170038
3rdB52818998021

Council area for Ulverston

Ulverston is in Westmorland and Furness, where police recorded 38,503 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ulverston accounts for 2.9% of them.

Postcode district for Ulverston

All 1,099 collisions in Ulverston were in the LA12 postcode district.