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Workington road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,429 road traffic collisions in Workington, Cumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,095 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 24 were fatal and 425 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 16 collisions, down 38% on 2024 (26).

Collisions since 1979
2,429
396th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,095
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
24
24 people killed
Serious collisions
425
471 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
16
Down 38% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
20
Down 38% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Workington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal241%
  • Serious42517%
  • Slight1,98082%

What the data shows

  • Workington had 326 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 516 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Workington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 647 children under 16 were killed or injured in Workington, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Workington.

Where Workington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
396th
Most casualties
390th
Most fatal collisions
413th
Most serious collisions
387th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday338 (14%)
  • Tuesday341 (14%)
  • Wednesday317 (13%)
  • Thursday344 (14%)
  • Friday436 (18%)
  • Saturday393 (16%)
  • Sunday260 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,744 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit648 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown18 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,174 (90%)
  • One way street or slip road116 (4.8%)
  • Roundabout98 (4%)
  • Dual carriageway23 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded18 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph2,360 (97%)
  • 40 mph40 (1.6%)
  • 60 mph19 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,879 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds318 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds57 (2.3%)
  • Fine with high winds48 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other36 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded81 (3.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,580 (51%)
  • Pedestrian909 (29%)
  • Motorcyclist265 (8.6%)
  • Cyclist184 (5.9%)
  • Van occupant56 (1.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant38 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant30 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Workington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Workington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Workington peaked at 80 in 2005; 2025 had 16.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251620
20242632
20232124
20222938
20211720
20203136
20193239
20186077
20174460
20165070
20156275
20145166
20134153
20125380
20113951
20104049
20094249
20086582
20075877
20066595
200580117
20045363
200379103
20025371
20015670
20006387
19997199
19984465
19976179
19966673
19956576
19945976
19936373
19925371
19915563
19905564
19897091
19885259
19875172
19865469
19855264
19845671
19837082
19826475
19816477
19804754
19793138

Map of recent crashes in Workington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Workington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Workington

The 24 most recent collisions in Workington happened between 13 July 2024 and 21 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Workington

The A597 has the most collisions in Workington, 364 of 2,429 (15%), followed by the B5296 (332).

Collisions in Workington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA597364493460
2ndB5296332417376
3rdA596302383453
4thB5297150187117
5thA66436619
6thA5957900

Council area for Workington

Workington is in Cumberland, where police recorded 38,879 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Workington accounts for 6.2% of them.

Postcode district for Workington

All 2,429 collisions in Workington were in the CA14 postcode district.