Historical data · Great Britain · DfT STATS19 2021–2025
Historical Accident Hotspots
Quick answer: police in Great Britain recorded 513,801 injury collisions from 2021 to 2025 — 7,553 fatal and 116,813 serious — injuring 652,821 people and killing 8,033. Choose an area, year, severity and road user below to see where they were recorded.
513,801
Recorded collisions
2021–2025
652,821
Casualties
people injured or killed
8,033
People killed
within 30 days
350
Local authorities
England, Scotland, Wales
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Recorded collisions on the map
Hexagons are coloured by recorded collisions or casualties for your filters. Hexagons are Uber H3 cells; a busy cell is not a measure of risk because traffic volumes are not included.
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Hexagons: Uber H3 cells. Colour = count for the filters, not risk.
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Busiest hexagons for these filters
Collision records
Recorded collisions by year
Great Britain, 2021–2025
| Year | Collisions | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Casualties | Killed | Pedestrian casualties | Cyclist casualties | Motorcyclist casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101,525 | 1,453 | 25,191 | 74,881 | 127,883 | 1,538 | 19,978 | 16,042 | 15,447 |
| 2024 | 100,927 | 1,502 | 23,567 | 75,858 | 128,272 | 1,602 | 19,176 | 14,549 | 15,960 |
| 2023 | 104,258 | 1,522 | 23,438 | 79,298 | 132,977 | 1,624 | 19,263 | 14,999 | 16,978 |
| 2022 | 106,004 | 1,602 | 23,333 | 81,069 | 135,480 | 1,711 | 19,327 | 15,693 | 16,943 |
| 2021 | 101,087 | 1,474 | 21,284 | 78,329 | 128,209 | 1,558 | 16,654 | 16,458 | 15,838 |
Recorded fatal and serious collisions, 2021–2025
Local authorities with the most fatal and serious collisions
Raw counts: large and busy areas record more collisions. Each area links to its official collision page and its hotspot map.
| # | Local authority | Fatal | Serious | All collisions | Casualties | Hotspot map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leeds | 85 | 2,078 | 7,298 | 9,341 | Map |
| 2 | Birmingham | 112 | 2,027 | 11,322 | 15,062 | Map |
| 3 | Bradford | 54 | 1,374 | 5,163 | 6,762 | Map |
| 4 | North Yorkshire | 155 | 1,235 | 5,220 | 7,134 | Map |
| 5 | Sheffield | 53 | 1,212 | 3,953 | 5,019 | Map |
| 6 | Westminster | 19 | 1,195 | 5,887 | 6,523 | Map |
| 7 | Cornwall | 92 | 1,056 | 4,851 | 6,673 | Map |
| 8 | Glasgow City | 45 | 1,038 | 2,947 | 3,738 | Map |
| 9 | Manchester | 51 | 978 | 3,485 | 4,317 | Map |
| 10 | Lambeth | 25 | 963 | 5,221 | 5,826 | Map |
| 11 | Liverpool | 33 | 918 | 4,491 | 5,526 | Map |
| 12 | Southwark | 17 | 933 | 4,839 | 5,349 | Map |
| 13 | Kirklees | 30 | 919 | 3,327 | 4,275 | Map |
| 14 | Wiltshire | 93 | 847 | 4,655 | 6,354 | Map |
| 15 | Doncaster | 50 | 849 | 2,673 | 3,582 | Map |
| 16 | County Durham | 86 | 800 | 2,370 | 3,139 | Map |
| 17 | Wakefield | 41 | 818 | 2,889 | 3,748 | Map |
| 18 | Dorset | 63 | 786 | 3,356 | 4,420 | Map |
| 19 | Somerset | 105 | 731 | 3,985 | 5,561 | Map |
| 20 | Wandsworth | 14 | 809 | 4,625 | 5,020 | Map |
| 21 | Brighton and Hove | 14 | 798 | 2,969 | 3,423 | Map |
| 22 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 70 | 732 | 2,934 | 4,018 | Map |
| 23 | Tower Hamlets | 19 | 762 | 5,002 | 5,692 | Map |
| 24 | Croydon | 13 | 766 | 4,860 | 5,571 | Map |
| 25 | Nottingham | 25 | 745 | 3,596 | 4,185 | Map |
About 5 km² hexagons (H3 resolution 7)
The busiest hexagons in Great Britain
Ranked by recorded fatal and serious collisions 2021–2025. City centres dominate because that is where most journeys happen.
| # | Area | Centre | Fatal | Serious | All collisions | Pedestrian casualties | Cyclist casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 51.5097, -0.1425 | 4 | 418 | 1,998 | 738 | 661 |
| 2 | Tower Hamlets | 51.5127, -0.0779 | 4 | 348 | 1,633 | 386 | 751 |
| 3 | Camden | 51.5112, -0.1102 | 5 | 326 | 1,291 | 350 | 647 |
| 4 | Southwark | 51.4936, -0.0895 | 8 | 264 | 1,374 | 244 | 571 |
| 5 | Kensington and Chelsea | 51.4891, -0.1864 | 10 | 248 | 1,201 | 262 | 395 |
| 6 | Westminster | 51.5273, -0.1632 | 2 | 230 | 1,164 | 229 | 429 |
| 7 | Lambeth | 51.4745, -0.1011 | 2 | 230 | 1,149 | 189 | 459 |
| 8 | Lambeth | 51.4921, -0.1218 | 3 | 227 | 1,160 | 211 | 545 |
| 9 | Camden | 51.5288, -0.1309 | 5 | 216 | 1,167 | 289 | 506 |
| 10 | Kensington and Chelsea | 51.4906, -0.1541 | 3 | 217 | 1,093 | 243 | 359 |
| 11 | Islington | 51.5303, -0.0986 | 5 | 207 | 1,250 | 208 | 622 |
| 12 | Lambeth | 51.473, -0.1334 | 5 | 199 | 1,049 | 157 | 423 |
| 13 | Tower Hamlets | 51.5142, -0.0456 | 5 | 196 | 1,419 | 244 | 448 |
| 14 | Tower Hamlets | 51.5318, -0.0663 | 2 | 194 | 1,209 | 235 | 557 |
| 15 | Kensington and Chelsea | 51.5067, -0.2072 | 0 | 194 | 1,122 | 234 | 287 |
| 16 | Southwark | 51.476, -0.0688 | 3 | 189 | 1,007 | 190 | 343 |
| 17 | Leeds | 53.8036, -1.5335 | 7 | 182 | 693 | 230 | 132 |
| 18 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 51.4876, -0.2188 | 5 | 178 | 883 | 207 | 288 |
| 19 | Lambeth | 51.4554, -0.1127 | 6 | 171 | 898 | 194 | 264 |
| 20 | Tower Hamlets | 51.5156, -0.0133 | 7 | 167 | 1,060 | 162 | 203 |
Data coverage
Methodology and limitations
- Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), police-reported personal injury collisions in Great Britain, Open Government Licence v3.0. Files: dft-road-casualty-statistics-collision-last-5-years.csv, dft-road-casualty-statistics-casualty-last-5-years.csv. Prepared 2026-09-13.
- 513,801 collisions read; 0 duplicate collision ids dropped; 53 without coordinates are counted in totals but not placed on the map.
- Counts are police-reported collisions with at least one injured casualty; damage-only crashes are not in STATS19.
- A collision is counted once; casualties are counted from the casualty table.
- Changes between years can reflect reporting changes (for example police forces moving to the CRASH reporting system) as well as real change.
- Hexagons are Uber H3 cells; a busy cell is not a measure of risk because traffic volumes are not included.
- Local authorities follow the current council map: collisions recorded under former district codes (North Yorkshire, Somerset and Cumbria districts merged in 2023; Sheffield and Barnsley recoded) are counted in today's council.
- Road users: pedestrian, cyclist, motorcyclist (all engine sizes), car occupant (including taxis), other (bus, van, goods vehicle, horse rider, mobility scooter and unknown).
More: every UK local authority · compare accident trends · road accident histories · accident history · site methodology.
Questions
Historical hotspots — FAQ
Where does the hotspot data come from?
From the Department for Transport's road safety open data (STATS19): every personal-injury road collision reported to police in Great Britain, 2021 to 2025, published under the Open Government Licence. Collisions that injured nobody are not in STATS19, so this map does not show damage-only crashes.
What is a hotspot hexagon?
Great Britain is split into Uber H3 hexagons. The national view uses large hexagons (about 250 km² each), the busiest-cell table uses about 5 km² and an area view about 0.7 km². A hexagon is coloured by the number of recorded collisions (or casualties) inside it for the filters you choose.
Does a dark hexagon mean the road is dangerous?
Not on its own. A hexagon with a motorway junction or a busy city centre carries far more traffic than a rural one, so it records more collisions even if each journey there is no riskier. Traffic volumes are not part of this data, so the map shows where collisions were recorded, not how risky a road is for you.
Why are collisions and casualties counted separately?
One collision can injure several people. Collision counts come from the collision table and casualty counts from the casualty table; the two are never multiplied through a vehicle join, so each collision is counted once and each injured person once.
Is this live?
No. STATS19 is published once a year, so this is historical data (2021–2025). Today's accident reports are on the live map and the accidents-today page.