Road Collisions - Validation and Recording of Personal Injury Data

• Where does the data come from?

Lancashire Constabulary kindly provides injury accident data to the County Council so that we can improve road safety for people travelling in the County.

• What data is held?

The only collisions recorded are those resulting in personal injury; even so, we hold records of 100,000 collisions going right back to 1981; these resulted in injury to more than 140,000 people.

• How is the data dealt with?

The Accident Data Management Procedure explains how we process the data we receive. We strive to deal with the data sensitively, ethically and responsibly.

• What use is made of the data?

The Publication Scheme for Collision Data explains the detailed information available for collisions.

• What other data are available?

Casualty breakdowns for Lancashire and its Districts can be found in the Quick Links panel

Data for the North West region for the period 1994 - 2004 can be found here>