Accident hotspots in Preston: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 436 road collisions in Preston in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
Preston’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
Preston recorded 436 police-reported collisions in 2025 — falling (-4% on 2024), or about 297 per 100,000 residents. Its most stubborn risk is Blackpool Road, Ribbleton, a hotspot in 4 of the last 5 years.
436
Collisions in Preston (2025)
594
People injured or killed
-4%
Change vs 2024
~460
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Preston’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.
Blackpool Road, Ribbleton
A5085
12 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 15 casualties · 5 serious or fatal
Ring Way, Avenham
A59
12 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 16 casualties · 8 serious or fatal
Riversway, Ashton-on-Ribble
A583
11 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 19 casualties · 6 serious or fatal
Preston’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water Lane, Ingol | A583 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Golden Way, Middleforth | A582 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | London Road, Frenchwood | A6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Watery Lane, Ingol | A583 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Farington | B5254 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 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, Preston’s rate of 297 per 100,000 residents compares with an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track. And if you’re ever hit at one of these spots, that documented history is relevant to liability — mention it when you call.
Vulnerable road users in Preston in 2025: 94 collisions involved a pedestrian, 58 a cyclist and 31 a motorcyclist — overall, 296.6 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.
Involved in an accident in Preston that wasn’t your fault? You’re entitled to a like-for-like replacement vehicle and to claim your losses from the at-fault insurer — our step-by-step guide explains what to do, and our estimator shows what a claim can include.
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