Central Drive tops list of Blackpool's worst roads for serious accidents

The figures were compiled by JPIMedia’s data team and show that the A5099, which runs from Bloomfield Road up to Bank Hey Street, had 45.8 accidents causing casualties, per mile from 2014 to 2018. The national average for the same period was 10.4 accidents.

In total 71 serious crashes were recorded on the 1.55 mile stretch.

Across Blackpool, 1,923 accidents were recorded over the five year period with a rate of accidents per 10,000 residents being 137. Other hotspot roads across the resort include Preston New Road and Waterloo Road.

Out of 380 British authorities, Blackpool came 44th for the rate of number of accidents.

While the number of accidents causing death or injury has fallen by a sixth in the past five years, road safety charity Brake has said more should be done to catch and punish dangerous drivers.

A spokesman for Brake said there were steps drivers could take to prevent accidents, such as slowing down, not using mobile phones when driving and getting their eyesight tested regularly.

But they added that there needs to be “greater investment in road traffic enforcement so that people who do drive dangerously and break the law, endangering themselves and all other road users, are caught and punished”.

The Department for Transport said that although busier roads will have a higher number of accidents the department is making a number of “vital improvements” to the country’s road networks.