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Wigton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 385 road traffic collisions in Wigton, Cumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 440 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 73 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
385
1,341st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
440
1.14 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
73
79 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wigton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.6%
  • Serious7319%
  • Slight30679%

What the data shows

  • Wigton had 43 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 84 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Wigton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 112 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wigton, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Wigton.

Where Wigton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,341st
Most casualties
1,440th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,392nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday55 (14%)
  • Tuesday61 (16%)
  • Wednesday55 (14%)
  • Thursday63 (16%)
  • Friday74 (19%)
  • Saturday47 (12%)
  • Sunday30 (7.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight295 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit82 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway377 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.8%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph334 (87%)
  • 40 mph15 (3.9%)
  • 50 mph9 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph23 (6%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds309 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (8.8%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (2.9%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other9 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded15 (3.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian166 (38%)
  • Car occupant138 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist66 (15%)
  • Cyclist57 (13%)
  • Van occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.2%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wigton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wigton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wigton peaked at 17 in 1981; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202412
202333
202267
202111
202066
201978
201822
201789
201633
201577
20141112
201389
201266
20111214
201068
20091214
2008810
200757
2006913
2005910
200477
200378
200288
200167
200077
199988
199823
1997911
19961217
199588
199467
1993810
19921515
19911214
19901216
198955
198879
198799
1986911
19851517
19841111
19831515
19821518
19811718
1980812
19791112

Map of recent crashes in Wigton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wigton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wigton

The 24 most recent collisions in Wigton happened between 5 December 2019 and 2 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wigton

The A596 has the most collisions in Wigton, 99 of 385 (26%), followed by the B5304 (73).

Collisions in Wigton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA59699113226
2ndB53047387213
3rdB53025969012
4thB5305414904

Council area for Wigton

Wigton is in Cumberland, where police recorded 38,879 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wigton accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Wigton

All 385 collisions in Wigton were in the CA7 postcode district.