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Whitehaven road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,620 road traffic collisions in Whitehaven, Cumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,393 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 33 were fatal and 433 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 23 collisions, down 36% on 2024 (36).

Collisions since 1979
2,620
373rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,393
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
33
35 people killed
Serious collisions
433
475 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
23
Down 36% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
27
Down 31% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Whitehaven

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal331.3%
  • Serious43317%
  • Slight2,15482%

What the data shows

  • Whitehaven had 356 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 31% fewer than the 519 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Whitehaven were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 716 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whitehaven, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Whitehaven.

Where Whitehaven ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
373rd
Most casualties
361st
Most fatal collisions
310th
Most serious collisions
384th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday359 (14%)
  • Tuesday320 (12%)
  • Wednesday344 (13%)
  • Thursday453 (17%)
  • Friday435 (17%)
  • Saturday427 (16%)
  • Sunday282 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,941 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit637 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (0.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,198 (84%)
  • One way street or slip road327 (12%)
  • Roundabout42 (1.6%)
  • Dual carriageway40 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded13 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph79 (3%)
  • 30 mph2,156 (82%)
  • 40 mph347 (13%)
  • 60 mph32 (1.2%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,015 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds336 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds57 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds57 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist12 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.2%)
  • Other45 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded85 (3.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,759 (52%)
  • Pedestrian895 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist333 (9.8%)
  • Cyclist163 (4.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant104 (3.1%)
  • Van occupant61 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant42 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant15 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whitehaven road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whitehaven, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Whitehaven peaked at 84 in 1997; 2025 had 23.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 23
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252327
20243639
20232734
20223037
20212325
20202842
20193540
20184667
20175071
20165877
20155675
20146387
20134467
20125467
20114959
20104256
20094869
20085465
20074864
20066177
200569111
200472111
200374108
20025890
20016283
20006989
19996380
19984450
199784111
19965669
199583100
19946076
19936391
19925765
19914957
19905971
19895571
19886889
198775104
19864861
19857594
19846780
19835157
19827689
19816982
19807991
19796068

Map of recent crashes in Whitehaven

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whitehaven

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whitehaven

The 24 most recent collisions in Whitehaven happened between 23 December 2024 and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whitehaven

The A5094 has the most collisions in Whitehaven, 551 of 2,620 (21%), followed by the A595 (378).

Collisions in Whitehaven on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5094551689887
2ndA595378551866
3rdB5295211274122
4thB5345175240336
5thB5094101101

Council area for Whitehaven

Whitehaven is in Cumberland, where police recorded 38,879 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whitehaven accounts for 6.7% of them.

Postcode district for Whitehaven

All 2,620 collisions in Whitehaven were in the CA28 postcode district.