Historical data · Great Britain STATS19 · United States FARS
Route Accident History
Quick answer: enter where a journey starts and ends. The page draws a route on OpenStreetMap roads and lists the historical crashes recorded within your chosen distance of it — injury collisions in Great Britain, fatal crashes in the United States — by year, severity and road user. It shows where crashes were recorded; it does not rate a route as safe or dangerous.
Select a route
Recorded crashes near a route
Route (OSRM) Matching distance Fatal Serious (GB) Slight (GB)
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Recorded crashes by year
Chart data as a table
Along the route (per 10 km)
Chart data as a table
Road users
Chart data as a table
Recorded crashes near the route
Coverage
Recorded crash data available for routes
| Area | Dataset | Years | Records with coordinates | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | DfT STATS19 | 2021–2025 | 513,748 | Police-reported collisions in which someone was injured (fatal, serious, slight) |
| United States | NHTSA FARS | 2020–2024 | 188,403 | Crashes in which at least one person died within 30 days; non-fatal crashes are not included |
Matching distance
Limitations
- Crash counts are not a risk measure: the data has no traffic volumes, so longer and busier routes record more crashes.
- No live traffic, closures or current conditions are used; this is historical data only.
- A crash is included when its recorded point lies within the chosen distance of the route line, which can include a parallel road, a junction or a bridge above or below.
- Routes are limited to 1,500 km and must stay inside Great Britain or inside the United States.
Related: historical accident hotspots · road accident histories · compare accident trends · methodology
Questions
Route accident history — FAQ
Is this the safest route?
No. The page counts crashes that were recorded near the road your route follows. It has no traffic volumes, speeds or live conditions, so a busy motorway will always show more crashes than a quiet lane even if each journey on it is safer. Use it to understand where crashes have been recorded, not to choose a route.
Which routes are covered?
Routes inside Great Britain use the Department for Transport STATS19 police-reported injury collisions (2021–2025). Routes inside the United States use NHTSA FARS fatal crashes (2020–2024) — only crashes in which someone died. Routes elsewhere, or crossing between areas, are not supported.
How is a crash matched to the route?
The route line comes from an OSRM routing server using OpenStreetMap roads. A crash is listed when its recorded coordinates are within the distance you choose (100 m to 1 km) of that line. Crashes on a parallel road or a bridge within that distance are included too, and crashes with slightly wrong coordinates can be missed — the distance column lets you judge each one.
Where does the route come from?
From the FOSSGIS OSRM routing service, built on OpenStreetMap data. Routing is requested only when you press the button, and the route may differ from the one a navigation app would choose.