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Whalley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 217 road traffic collisions in Whalley, Ribble Valley, from 1979 to 2025, and 283 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 49 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
217
1,865th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
283
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
49
53 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Whalley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.4%
  • Serious4923%
  • Slight16576%

What the data shows

  • Whalley had 34 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 13% fewer than the 39 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Whalley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 57 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whalley, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Whalley.

Where Whalley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,865th
Most casualties
1,876th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,750th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (14%)
  • Tuesday28 (13%)
  • Wednesday31 (14%)
  • Thursday33 (15%)
  • Friday33 (15%)
  • Saturday35 (16%)
  • Sunday26 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight161 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit48 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway206 (95%)
  • Roundabout7 (3.2%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.9%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph185 (85%)
  • 40 mph5 (2.3%)
  • 50 mph3 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph21 (9.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds162 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds42 (19%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (2.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant135 (48%)
  • Pedestrian63 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist34 (12%)
  • Cyclist25 (8.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant24 (8.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whalley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whalley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Whalley peaked at 10 in 1983; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202448
202344
202233
202122
202011
201956
201822
201756
201656
201511
201434
201378
201266
2011712
201022
200911
200833
200778
200622
2005811
200422
2003912
200255
200133
200033
199968
1998721
199745
1996613
199534
1994712
199344
199255
1991811
199055
198922
198844
198711
198657
1985811
198479
19831011
198279
198133
198079
197955

Map of recent crashes in Whalley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whalley

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whalley

The 24 most recent collisions in Whalley happened between 5 February 2018 and 10 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whalley

The B6246 has the most collisions in Whalley, 115 of 217 (53%), followed by the A671 (16).

Collisions in Whalley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6246115161222
2ndA671162314

Council area for Whalley

Whalley is in Ribble Valley, where police recorded 8,291 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whalley accounts for 2.6% of them.

Postcode district for Whalley

All 217 collisions in Whalley were in the BB7 postcode district.