Road accident statistics by area
Police recorded 9,116,625 road traffic collisions across England, Scotland and Wales from 1979 to 2025, and 12,102,133 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 146,175 were fatal and 1,676,556 were serious.
In 2025 police recorded 101,525 collisions, up 1% on 2024. Birmingham has had the most since 1979, with 163,817.
Each of the 350 council areas and Heathrow Airport has its own yearly figures, crash map, accident hotspots and busiest roads.
Image placeholder
A British town centre from above in early evening: a busy signal-controlled junction with buses, cars and people on the crossings, terraced streets beyond. No readable number plates.
- Collisions, 1979 to 2025
- 9,116,625
- Fatal collisions
- 146,175
- 1.6% of collisions
- Collisions in 2025
- 101,525
- Up 1% on 2024
Map of council areas
Each marker sits at the centre of one of the 351 areas. Select a marker to see its collision count and open its page.
Map of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
Council areas with the most road accidents
The 20 council areas with the most collisions from 1979 to 2025, with their 2025 totals.
| Rank | Council area | Collisions | Casualties | Fatal | Serious | In 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Birmingham | 163,817 | 215,975 | 2,012 | 27,906 | 2,307 |
| 2nd | Leeds | 117,596 | 160,205 | 1,924 | 20,015 | 1,395 |
| 3rd | Westminster | 101,118 | 114,794 | 604 | 15,288 | 1,133 |
| 4th | North Yorkshire | 100,304 | 148,273 | 2,780 | 30,161 | 1,159 |
| 5th | Glasgow City | 95,217 | 118,718 | 1,382 | 21,113 | 600 |
| 6th | Manchester | 93,482 | 123,484 | 1,076 | 11,554 | 712 |
| 7th | Liverpool | 90,801 | 127,152 | 1,045 | 12,259 | 853 |
| 8th | Bradford | 80,457 | 109,910 | 1,106 | 12,966 | 956 |
| 9th | Cornwall | 78,835 | 109,098 | 1,466 | 14,892 | 920 |
| 10th | City of Edinburgh | 74,538 | 90,165 | 822 | 15,096 | 469 |
| 11th | Lambeth | 73,576 | 85,046 | 538 | 11,218 | 938 |
| 12th | Buckinghamshire | 72,942 | 100,475 | 1,417 | 13,125 | 684 |
| 13th | Sheffield | 71,906 | 93,688 | 896 | 12,412 | 838 |
| 14th | Somerset | 70,092 | 98,027 | 1,774 | 13,841 | 856 |
| 15th | Wiltshire | 68,701 | 98,576 | 1,716 | 14,125 | 1,027 |
| 16th | Barnet | 65,653 | 80,522 | 574 | 8,789 | 782 |
| 17th | Southwark | 62,648 | 72,365 | 424 | 9,594 | 924 |
| 18th | Croydon | 62,402 | 76,046 | 487 | 9,462 | 937 |
| 19th | Ealing | 60,823 | 73,711 | 556 | 8,499 | 753 |
| 20th | Cheshire East | 60,751 | 84,395 | 1,137 | 10,789 | 578 |
All 351 areas A to Z
Areas A to Z by country, with their collisions from 1979 to 2025.
England: 296 council areas and Heathrow Airport
- Adur8,269 collisions
- Amber Valley15,806 collisions
- Arun18,627 collisions
- Ashfield15,808 collisions
- Ashford18,746 collisions
- Babergh12,491 collisions
- Barking and Dagenham29,566 collisions
- Barnet65,653 collisions
- Barnsley31,163 collisions
- Basildon23,495 collisions
- Basingstoke and Deane22,610 collisions
- Bassetlaw20,364 collisions
- Bath and North East Somerset18,713 collisions
- Bedford22,899 collisions
- Bexley31,803 collisions
- Birmingham163,817 collisions
- Blaby13,115 collisions
- Blackburn with Darwen23,836 collisions
- Blackpool26,449 collisions
- Bolsover11,863 collisions
- Bolton41,749 collisions
- Boston10,894 collisions
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole55,875 collisions
- Bracknell Forest12,424 collisions
- Bradford80,457 collisions
- Braintree19,650 collisions
- Breckland16,965 collisions
- Brent53,833 collisions
- Brentwood14,239 collisions
- Brighton and Hove43,405 collisions
- Bristol59,613 collisions
- Broadland15,120 collisions
- Bromley48,605 collisions
- Bromsgrove13,360 collisions
- Broxbourne11,785 collisions
- Broxtowe14,484 collisions
- Buckinghamshire72,942 collisions
- Burnley15,052 collisions
- Bury25,612 collisions
- Calderdale30,521 collisions
- Cambridge23,357 collisions
- Camden57,209 collisions
- Cannock Chase12,393 collisions
- Canterbury20,515 collisions
- Castle Point11,454 collisions
- Central Bedfordshire39,453 collisions
- Charnwood18,548 collisions
- Chelmsford25,575 collisions
- Cheltenham14,153 collisions
- Cherwell22,074 collisions
- Cheshire East60,751 collisions
- Cheshire West and Chester52,656 collisions
- Chesterfield13,882 collisions
- Chichester20,060 collisions
- Chorley14,765 collisions
- City of London16,320 collisions
- Colchester24,962 collisions
- Cornwall78,835 collisions
- Cotswold13,812 collisions
- County Durham59,228 collisions
- Coventry40,212 collisions
- Crawley14,849 collisions
- Croydon62,402 collisions
- Cumberland38,879 collisions
- Dacorum20,193 collisions
- Darlington13,495 collisions
- Dartford18,857 collisions
- Derby35,368 collisions
- Derbyshire Dales13,872 collisions
- Doncaster45,964 collisions
- Dorset51,591 collisions
- Dover16,823 collisions
- Dudley35,585 collisions
- Ealing60,823 collisions
- East Cambridgeshire10,434 collisions
- East Devon18,437 collisions
- East Hampshire16,511 collisions
- East Hertfordshire17,489 collisions
- East Lindsey24,059 collisions
- East Riding of Yorkshire44,886 collisions
- East Staffordshire18,709 collisions
- East Suffolk31,552 collisions
- Eastbourne12,707 collisions
- Eastleigh17,071 collisions
- Elmbridge21,474 collisions
- Enfield53,446 collisions
- Epping Forest27,737 collisions
- Epsom and Ewell11,034 collisions
- Erewash14,513 collisions
- Exeter16,010 collisions
- Fareham15,731 collisions
- Fenland13,566 collisions
- Folkestone and Hythe15,498 collisions
- Forest of Dean10,073 collisions
- Fylde11,916 collisions
- Gateshead27,899 collisions
- Gedling13,781 collisions
- Gloucester15,273 collisions
- Gosport10,452 collisions
- Gravesham14,499 collisions
- Great Yarmouth13,131 collisions
- Greenwich46,085 collisions
- Guildford31,032 collisions
- Hackney48,663 collisions
- Halton16,670 collisions
- Hammersmith and Fulham38,523 collisions
- Harborough11,594 collisions
- Haringey45,117 collisions
- Harlow9,074 collisions
- Harrow27,989 collisions
- Hart13,661 collisions
- Hartlepool11,036 collisions
- Hastings12,494 collisions
- Havant16,382 collisions
- Havering40,183 collisions
- Heathrow Airport2,993 collisions
- Herefordshire24,794 collisions
- Hertsmere20,104 collisions
- High Peak13,329 collisions
- Hillingdon47,920 collisions
- Hinckley and Bosworth12,804 collisions
- Horsham18,567 collisions
- Hounslow51,230 collisions
- Huntingdonshire26,472 collisions
- Hyndburn12,263 collisions
- Ipswich17,233 collisions
- Isle of Wight19,069 collisions
- Isles of Scilly67 collisions
- Islington46,524 collisions
- Kensington and Chelsea42,732 collisions
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk20,174 collisions
- Kingston upon Hull48,560 collisions
- Kingston upon Thames25,515 collisions
- Kirklees57,248 collisions
- Knowsley21,908 collisions
- Lambeth73,576 collisions
- Lancaster20,796 collisions
- Leeds117,596 collisions
- Leicester48,970 collisions
- Lewes13,423 collisions
- Lewisham52,299 collisions
- Lichfield15,847 collisions
- Lincoln13,542 collisions
- Liverpool90,801 collisions
- Luton25,599 collisions
- Maidstone24,322 collisions
- Maldon8,416 collisions
- Malvern Hills12,695 collisions
- Manchester93,482 collisions
- Mansfield15,887 collisions
- Medway33,369 collisions
- Melton6,708 collisions
- Merton29,173 collisions
- Mid Devon9,879 collisions
- Mid Suffolk11,634 collisions
- Mid Sussex20,636 collisions
- Middlesbrough20,823 collisions
- Milton Keynes31,262 collisions
- Mole Valley18,022 collisions
- New Forest26,818 collisions
- Newark and Sherwood20,646 collisions
- Newcastle upon Tyne41,251 collisions
- Newcastle-under-Lyme17,616 collisions
- Newham46,367 collisions
- North Devon13,076 collisions
- North East Derbyshire13,585 collisions
- North East Lincolnshire27,450 collisions
- North Hertfordshire17,238 collisions
- North Kesteven15,340 collisions
- North Lincolnshire26,652 collisions
- North Norfolk11,920 collisions
- North Northamptonshire36,605 collisions
- North Somerset22,130 collisions
- North Tyneside22,283 collisions
- North Warwickshire15,222 collisions
- North West Leicestershire15,541 collisions
- North Yorkshire100,304 collisions
- Northumberland42,345 collisions
- Norwich23,749 collisions
- Nottingham54,186 collisions
- Nuneaton and Bedworth14,593 collisions
- Oadby and Wigston5,248 collisions
- Oldham31,504 collisions
- Oxford21,146 collisions
- Pendle11,676 collisions
- Peterborough32,709 collisions
- Plymouth39,632 collisions
- Portsmouth36,247 collisions
- Preston28,414 collisions
- Reading21,627 collisions
- Redbridge44,199 collisions
- Redcar and Cleveland15,471 collisions
- Redditch7,676 collisions
- Reigate and Banstead25,206 collisions
- Ribble Valley8,291 collisions
- Richmond upon Thames29,300 collisions
- Rochdale30,886 collisions
- Rochford10,309 collisions
- Rossendale9,145 collisions
- Rother14,013 collisions
- Rotherham35,564 collisions
- Rugby16,803 collisions
- Runnymede18,195 collisions
- Rushcliffe15,264 collisions
- Rushmoor12,382 collisions
- Rutland5,484 collisions
- Salford37,877 collisions
- Sandwell42,064 collisions
- Sefton38,810 collisions
- Sevenoaks19,558 collisions
- Sheffield71,906 collisions
- Shropshire41,475 collisions
- Slough20,313 collisions
- Solihull22,775 collisions
- Somerset70,092 collisions
- South Cambridgeshire23,384 collisions
- South Derbyshire11,939 collisions
- South Gloucestershire31,003 collisions
- South Hams12,165 collisions
- South Holland13,496 collisions
- South Kesteven19,165 collisions
- South Norfolk16,904 collisions
- South Oxfordshire19,707 collisions
- South Ribble17,349 collisions
- South Staffordshire19,740 collisions
- South Tyneside15,915 collisions
- Southampton36,384 collisions
- Southend-on-Sea27,139 collisions
- Southwark62,648 collisions
- Spelthorne19,008 collisions
- St Albans25,623 collisions
- St. Helens25,137 collisions
- Stafford23,372 collisions
- Staffordshire Moorlands15,138 collisions
- Stevenage9,947 collisions
- Stockport36,605 collisions
- Stockton-on-Tees21,371 collisions
- Stoke-on-Trent41,984 collisions
- Stratford-on-Avon20,778 collisions
- Stroud13,741 collisions
- Sunderland34,891 collisions
- Surrey Heath16,486 collisions
- Sutton27,857 collisions
- Swale19,855 collisions
- Swindon27,158 collisions
- Tameside27,806 collisions
- Tamworth8,517 collisions
- Tandridge19,591 collisions
- Teignbridge17,454 collisions
- Telford and Wrekin17,210 collisions
- Tendring19,449 collisions
- Test Valley18,987 collisions
- Tewkesbury12,012 collisions
- Thanet19,901 collisions
- Three Rivers13,304 collisions
- Thurrock24,011 collisions
- Tonbridge and Malling19,983 collisions
- Torbay16,751 collisions
- Torridge7,169 collisions
- Tower Hamlets49,582 collisions
- Trafford29,674 collisions
- Tunbridge Wells17,128 collisions
- Uttlesford13,365 collisions
- Vale of White Horse16,960 collisions
- Wakefield44,869 collisions
- Walsall33,576 collisions
- Waltham Forest40,626 collisions
- Wandsworth56,744 collisions
- Warrington31,786 collisions
- Warwick19,871 collisions
- Watford14,587 collisions
- Waverley21,540 collisions
- Wealden24,921 collisions
- Welwyn Hatfield16,554 collisions
- West Berkshire22,353 collisions
- West Devon9,082 collisions
- West Lancashire16,774 collisions
- West Lindsey14,612 collisions
- West Northamptonshire53,355 collisions
- West Oxfordshire13,019 collisions
- West Suffolk24,682 collisions
- Westminster101,118 collisions
- Westmorland and Furness38,503 collisions
- Wigan41,505 collisions
- Wiltshire68,701 collisions
- Winchester21,559 collisions
- Windsor and Maidenhead21,086 collisions
- Wirral43,865 collisions
- Woking15,440 collisions
- Wokingham17,736 collisions
- Wolverhampton34,904 collisions
- Worcester10,723 collisions
- Worthing14,629 collisions
- Wychavon17,311 collisions
- Wyre14,486 collisions
- Wyre Forest13,508 collisions
- York23,090 collisions
Scotland: 32 council areas
- Aberdeen City24,347 collisions
- Aberdeenshire27,938 collisions
- Angus13,544 collisions
- Argyll and Bute14,301 collisions
- City of Edinburgh74,538 collisions
- Clackmannanshire4,066 collisions
- Dumfries and Galloway19,421 collisions
- Dundee City15,553 collisions
- East Ayrshire13,272 collisions
- East Dunbartonshire9,228 collisions
- East Lothian9,664 collisions
- East Renfrewshire7,618 collisions
- Falkirk14,663 collisions
- Fife33,127 collisions
- Glasgow City95,217 collisions
- Highland28,651 collisions
- Inverclyde10,556 collisions
- Midlothian10,103 collisions
- Moray8,431 collisions
- Na h-Eileanan Siar2,237 collisions
- North Ayrshire14,454 collisions
- North Lanarkshire36,249 collisions
- Orkney Islands1,401 collisions
- Perth and Kinross19,874 collisions
- Renfrewshire22,487 collisions
- Scottish Borders16,598 collisions
- Shetland Islands866 collisions
- South Ayrshire13,607 collisions
- South Lanarkshire33,807 collisions
- Stirling12,122 collisions
- West Dunbartonshire10,627 collisions
- West Lothian19,081 collisions
Wales: 22 council areas
- Blaenau Gwent6,870 collisions
- Bridgend15,429 collisions
- Caerphilly16,718 collisions
- Cardiff43,003 collisions
- Carmarthenshire25,619 collisions
- Ceredigion10,463 collisions
- Conwy16,359 collisions
- Denbighshire15,315 collisions
- Flintshire22,687 collisions
- Gwynedd16,819 collisions
- Isle of Anglesey8,053 collisions
- Merthyr Tydfil6,783 collisions
- Monmouthshire11,395 collisions
- Neath Port Talbot16,777 collisions
- Newport18,188 collisions
- Pembrokeshire17,071 collisions
- Powys20,843 collisions
- Rhondda Cynon Taf26,648 collisions
- Swansea32,043 collisions
- Torfaen7,949 collisions
- Vale of Glamorgan13,395 collisions
- Wrexham17,267 collisions
Former district councils (42)
District councils abolished in the reorganisations from 2019 to 2023, grouped by the council that replaced them. Each keeps its own figures for its old boundary, from 1979 to 2025.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Replaced these districts in April 2019
Buckinghamshire
Replaced these districts in April 2020
Cumberland
Replaced these districts in April 2023
Dorset
Replaced these districts in April 2019
East Suffolk
Replaced these districts in April 2019
North Northamptonshire
Replaced these districts in April 2021
North Yorkshire
Replaced these districts in April 2023
Somerset
Replaced these districts in April 2019 and April 2023
West Northamptonshire
Replaced these districts in April 2021
West Suffolk
Replaced these districts in April 2019
Westmorland and Furness
Replaced these districts in April 2023