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Windermere road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 512 road traffic collisions in Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, from 1979 to 2025, and 668 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 110 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
512
1,147th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
668
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
13 people killed
Serious collisions
110
128 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Windermere

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal132.5%
  • Serious11021%
  • Slight38976%

What the data shows

  • Windermere had 51 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 51% fewer than the 105 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Windermere were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 70 children under 16 were killed or injured in Windermere, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Windermere.

Where Windermere ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,147th
Most casualties
1,125th
Most fatal collisions
707th
Most serious collisions
1,079th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday56 (11%)
  • Tuesday71 (14%)
  • Wednesday85 (17%)
  • Thursday71 (14%)
  • Friday84 (16%)
  • Saturday74 (14%)
  • Sunday71 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight414 (81%)
  • Dark, street lights lit75 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (4.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway434 (85%)
  • One way street or slip road54 (11%)
  • Roundabout16 (3.1%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph405 (79%)
  • 40 mph40 (7.8%)
  • 60 mph54 (11%)
  • 70 mph8 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds392 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds91 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other7 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant327 (49%)
  • Pedestrian141 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist95 (14%)
  • Cyclist57 (8.5%)
  • Van occupant15 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Windermere road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Windermere, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Windermere peaked at 25 in 1990; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025716
202444
202322
202255
202124
202067
201933
2018711
201788
201678
2015911
20141010
2013912
201255
2011910
20101112
20091112
20081722
20071116
20061327
20051116
20041011
200333
20021214
20011115
20001519
19992031
19981320
19971113
19961520
19951218
1994810
19931014
19921018
19911523
19902525
19891112
19881112
19871821
19861314
19851415
198467
19831423
19821318
19811923
19801926
19791722

Map of recent crashes in Windermere

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Windermere

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Windermere

The 24 most recent collisions in Windermere happened between 13 March 2020 and 25 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Windermere

The A591 has the most collisions in Windermere, 202 of 512 (39%), followed by the A5074 (132).

Collisions in Windermere on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA591202287847
2ndA5074132167228
3rdA5923644210

Council area for Windermere

Windermere is in Westmorland and Furness, where police recorded 38,503 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Windermere accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Windermere

All 512 collisions in Windermere were in the LA23 postcode district.