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West Northamptonshire road collision data
Between 2021 and 2025, the police recorded 3,621 injury collisions in West Northamptonshire's highway authority area, 752 of them fatal or serious. These are the published STATS19 figures, which also include motorways and trunk roads in the area.
- Injury collisions
- 3,621
- 2021–2025
- Casualties
- 4,706
- People injured or killed
- Fatal collisions
- 75
- 677 serious, 2,869 slight
- Vulnerable road users
- 44%
- of people killed or seriously injured
Collisions by year and severity
In 2025, West Northamptonshire recorded 163 fatal or serious collisions, 8% above its average of 150 a year over 2021–2025.
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total | Casualties | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | 132 | 457 | 604 | 773 |
147
|
| 2022 | 15 | 169 | 563 | 747 | 970 |
184
|
| 2023 | 14 | 111 | 624 | 749 | 957 |
125
|
| 2024 | 16 | 117 | 618 | 751 | 990 |
133
|
| 2025 | 15 | 148 | 607 | 770 | 1,016 |
163
|
| 2021–2025 | 75 | 677 | 2,869 | 3,621 | 4,706 | 752 |
Casualties by road user
4,706 people were hurt in these collisions: 76 killed, 774 seriously injured and 3,856 slightly injured. Pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists made up 44% of those killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Casualties | Share | Killed or seriously injured | Share of KSI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 495 | 10.5% | 151 | 17.8% |
| Pedal cyclists | 341 | 7.2% | 79 | 9.3% |
| Motorcyclists | 360 | 7.6% | 141 | 16.6% |
| All road users | 4,706 | 100% | 850 | 100% |
Roads with the most collisions
Classified roads in West Northamptonshire, by injury collisions recorded on them in 2021–2025.
- A508 283 collisions · 52 fatal or serious
- A4500 257 collisions · 54 fatal or serious
- A43 237 collisions · 38 fatal or serious
- A428 211 collisions · 39 fatal or serious
- A45 200 collisions · 44 fatal or serious
- M1 197 collisions · 46 fatal or serious
- A5 159 collisions · 49 fatal or serious
- A5123 155 collisions · 31 fatal or serious
- A5076 114 collisions · 15 fatal or serious
- A5095 97 collisions · 20 fatal or serious
Areas within West Northamptonshire
Area pages with maps, hotspots and every collision, by collisions in 2021–2025.
How to get a formal collision extract from West Northamptonshire
The council's road safety or traffic team holds the full police records for its area. A formal extract can add what the published data leaves out: contributory factors, the officer's description of each collision and the current year's provisional records. Developers, consultants and solicitors usually pay for it.
Published fee
£60 per year per section of highway
West Northamptonshire Council's baseline cost applies to commercial requests such as planning applications and road safety audits, which are not available through a Freedom of Information request. There is no charge for an area with no collisions.
Source: West Northamptonshire Council: collision data requests, checked 14 October 2026. Fees change, so confirm with the council before you order.
Source: Department for Transport road safety data (STATS19), 2021–2025, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Collisions are counted against the local highway authority area recorded by the police. Casualty severities are as recorded at the time and are not adjusted.