Accident hotspots in Liverpool: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 853 road collisions in Liverpool in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
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Road Risk Score
Liverpool ranks 89 of 125 towns we score — band C, around average
42.7 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents, 117.3 vehicle crimes per 100,000, 60.8% of collisions involving someone outside a car, and a five-year trend of -3.6%. How the score works.
Liverpool ward by ward
Every fatal and serious collision in Liverpool matched to its council ward: 1,014 people killed or seriously injured across 64 wards, with an interactive map, every collision plotted, the roads driving each ward’s total, and a CSV built for briefing notes. Written so a single page can be sent to a ward councillor.
Open the ward analysisVulnerable road users in Liverpool (2025)
288 of Liverpool's 853 collisions (34%) involved pedestrians; 154 of Liverpool's 853 collisions (18%) involved cyclists; 77 of Liverpool's 853 collisions (9%) involved motorcyclists. Together those collisions left 168 people killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Collisions | Share of all collisions | Killed or seriously injured | Serious-outcome rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 288 | 34% | 96 | 33% |
| Cyclists | 154 | 18% | 40 | 26% |
| Motorcyclists | 77 | 9% | 32 | 42% |
143 of Liverpool’s collisions in 2025 involved a child casualty.
Liverpool’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
Liverpool recorded 853 police-reported collisions in 2025 — broadly flat year-on-year, or about 172 per 100,000 residents. Its most stubborn risk is Childwall Fiveways, Childwall, a hotspot in 5 of the last 5 years.
853
Collisions in Liverpool (2025)
1,130
People injured or killed
+1.4%
Change vs 2024
~837
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Liverpool’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.
Childwall Fiveways, Childwall
A5058
14 collisions across 5 hotspot years · 20 casualties · 1 serious or fatal
Breck Road, Anfield
A580
14 collisions across 5 hotspot years · 16 casualties · 5 serious or fatal
Fleet Street, Vauxhall
B5339
13 collisions across 5 hotspot years · 14 casualties · 2 serious or fatal
Liverpool’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranelagh Street, Vauxhall | A5038 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Upper Duke Street, Toxteth | A5039 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bedford Road, Walton | A59 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Shrewton Road, Belle Vale | B5178 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Back Bridport Street, Vauxhall | A5047 | 4 | 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, Liverpool’s rate of 172 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 Liverpool in 2025: 288 collisions involved a pedestrian, 154 a cyclist and 77 a motorcyclist — overall, 172 collisions per 100,000 residents.
Area definition: figures cover Liverpool council district (ONS). 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.
Liverpool over 5 years
Collisions per year in Liverpool
2025: 853 (up 1.4% on the year before) · peak 981 in 2022 · -3.6% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
2022 was Liverpool’s worst year of the period with 981 collisions, against 841 in 2024. Of 2025’s 1,130 casualties, 212 were killed or seriously injured (5 deaths, 207 serious).
Build the Liverpool 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 853 road collisions in Liverpool in 2025, injuring or killing 1,130 people (DfT STATS19).
- “2022 was Liverpool's worst year of the last 5 (981 collisions, against 841 in 2024).
- “Liverpool's collision rate is 172 per 100,000 residents, against an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track.
- “288 collisions involved pedestrians, 154 collisions involved cyclists, 77 collisions involved motorcyclists — with 168 of those people killed or seriously injured.
- “143 collisions in Liverpool 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 Liverpool compares nationally
Liverpool 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
19 of 192
Per resident
66 of 188
Risk band
Above average
Five-year trend
down 3.6%
Those two numbers disagree, and that is the story. Liverpool sits 66 of 188 measured per resident but 19 of 192 measured per mile actually driven — a gap of 47 places. Almost every published comparison quietly uses the per-head measure, which flatters places that carry a lot of through-traffic. On the measure that accounts for how much driving actually happens here, the record is worse than the usual figure suggests.
The full record for Liverpool — 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.
Liverpool’s full road risk record →What actually changes the odds in Liverpool
Data is only useful if it changes what you do. These three are picked from Liverpool’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.
Helmet camera
£50–£200
18% of collisions in Liverpool involve someone on a bike. In a disputed pull-out, footage from the rider's viewpoint is what settles liability.
How it works →
Dashcam (parking mode)
£50–£150
34% of collisions here involve a pedestrian, and those are the cases most often argued over. Footage removes the argument.
How it works →
Faraday key pouch / box
£9–£25
Even at Liverpool's 117 vehicle crimes per 100,000 residents, relay theft is the method that needs no tools and leaves no damage. The pouch is the cheapest thing that stops it.
How it works →
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Related on Swift Assist
UK accident hotspots (national)
Britain's 20 worst collision clusters, mapped from official data.
Read more →Liverpool collisions by ward
Ward-level analysis with every collision mapped, for councillors and campaigners.
Read more →Cyclist collision map (national)
Where cyclists are hurt across Britain, from the same records.
Read more →Free data for campaigners
Junction histories, corridor studies and custom cuts, free for community groups.
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