Accident hotspots in Blackpool: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 353 road collisions in Blackpool in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
58.4
Road Risk Score
Blackpool ranks 42 of 125 towns we score — band C, around average
80.6 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents, 247.5 vehicle crimes per 100,000, 45.6% of collisions involving someone outside a car, and a five-year trend of -9.3%. How the score works.
Vulnerable road users in Blackpool (2025)
76 of Blackpool's 353 collisions (22%) involved pedestrians; 44 of Blackpool's 353 collisions (12%) involved cyclists; 41 of Blackpool's 353 collisions (12%) involved motorcyclists. Together those collisions left 59 people killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Collisions | Share of all collisions | Killed or seriously injured | Serious-outcome rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 76 | 22% | 20 | 26% |
| Cyclists | 44 | 12% | 14 | 32% |
| Motorcyclists | 41 | 12% | 25 | 61% |
59 of Blackpool’s collisions in 2025 involved a child casualty.
Blackpool’s busiest collision clusters (2025)
Each circle is a ~100m cluster of police-reported collisions. Larger circles = more collisions; red = at least one death. Click a circle for details.
The short answer
Blackpool recorded 353 police-reported collisions in 2025 — falling (-7.1% on 2024), or about 254 per 100,000 residents. Its most stubborn risk is Norcross Lane, Norcross, a hotspot in 5 of the last 5 years.
353
Collisions in Blackpool (2025)
493
People injured or killed
-7.1%
Change vs 2024
~344
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Blackpool’s junctions that stay dangerous
These locations recorded multiple collisions in at least four of the last five years (2021–2025) — a persistent pattern, not a one-off bad year.
Norcross Lane, Norcross
A585
18 collisions across 5 hotspot years · 24 casualties · 5 serious or fatal
Abingdon Street, North Shore
A586
11 collisions across 5 hotspot years · 12 casualties · 3 serious or fatal
A5230, Mereside
A5230
11 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 21 casualties · 2 serious or fatal
Blackpool’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Drive, Foxhall | A5099 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Devonshire Road, Claremont | A586 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Pleasant Street, North Shore | A584 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Kingscote Drive, Little Layton | Local road | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Skippool | A585 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
What to do with this: if your regular routes cross the junctions above, they deserve extra care at peak times — these aren’t random locations, they’re where collisions repeat. For context, Blackpool’s rate of 254 per 100,000 residents compares with an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track. A junction with a documented five-year history is also the strongest evidence a campaign can put in front of a councillor.
Vulnerable road users in Blackpool in 2025: 76 collisions involved a pedestrian, 44 a cyclist and 41 a motorcyclist — overall, 254 collisions per 100,000 residents.
Area definition: figures cover 6km radius of the town centre. Per-100k rates use the mid-2023 ONS population estimate for the named town or district; where the area is radius-defined, treat the rate as indicative.
These figures come from the Department for Transport’s STATS19 dataset — every collision reported to the police in 2025 — clustered to roughly 100 metres and labelled via OpenStreetMap. Only police-reported incidents are included, so minor damage-only bumps are undercounted. See the full UK hotspots analysis for the national picture and methodology.
Need this cut a different way? A junction’s full history, cyclist or pedestrian casualties on their own, or a before-and-after on a scheme: we produce those, free for community groups, campaigners and journalists.
Blackpool over 5 years
Collisions per year in Blackpool
2025: 353 (down 7.1% on the year before) · peak 407 in 2022 · -9.3% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
2022 was Blackpool’s worst year of the period with 407 collisions, against 341 in 2023. Of 2025’s 493 casualties, 112 were killed or seriously injured (1 deaths, 111 serious).
Build the Blackpool story from this page
Every line below is computed from the official DfT STATS19 dataset and updates when new data is released — copy, check, publish. Free to use with a link to this page as the source.
- “Police recorded 353 road collisions in Blackpool in 2025, injuring or killing 493 people (DfT STATS19).
- “2022 was Blackpool's worst year of the last 5 (407 collisions, against 341 in 2023).
- “Blackpool's collision rate is 254 per 100,000 residents, against an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track.
- “76 collisions involved pedestrians, 44 collisions involved cyclists, 41 collisions involved motorcyclists — with 59 of those people killed or seriously injured.
- “59 collisions in Blackpool involved a child casualty in 2025.
Attribution: “Analysis by Swift Assist (swiftassistuk.co.uk) of DfT STATS19 data” with a link to this page. Methodology: how we process the data.
How Blackpool compares nationally
Blackpool is the highway authority for these roads, which means the same body counted in the national comparison below is the one that maintains them.
Per mile driven
62 of 192
Per resident
8 of 188
Risk band
Above average
Five-year trend
down 11.8%
Those two numbers disagree, and that is the story. Blackpool sits 8 of 188 measured per resident but 62 of 192 measured per mile actually driven — a gap of 54 places. Measured against the traffic the network actually carries rather than the number of people living beside it, the record is better than the headline per-head figure implies.
The full record for Blackpool — severity-adjusted casualties, the breakdown of who is being hurt, the darkness and ice profile, and a comparison against its ONS statistical neighbours rather than the national average — is on its own page.
Blackpool’s full road risk record →What actually changes the odds in Blackpool
Data is only useful if it changes what you do. These three are picked from Blackpool’s own figures above, each with the number that prompted it. Every guide explains how the thing works before it suggests buying anything, and most cost less than a third of a typical insurance excess.
Faraday key pouch / box
£9–£25
Blackpool records 248 vehicle crimes per 100,000 residents, above the median of the towns we track. Keyless relay theft is the leading route into modern cars, and a signal-blocking pouch ends that method outright for under a tenner.
How it works →
Steering wheel lock
£40–£70
Vehicle theft is target selection: thieves work a street and take the easiest car. A visible attack-rated bar moves your car down that list before anyone touches it.
How it works →
Alarmed disc lock
£20–£50
Motorcyclists are in 12% of Blackpool's collisions, and bikes are also lifted rather than ridden away. An alarmed disc lock covers the theft half for about £30.
How it works →
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