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Barking and Dagenham road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 480 road traffic collisions in Barking and Dagenham in 2025, and 586 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 67 were serious.

Collisions were level with 2024 (482), and casualties fell from 599.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 29,566 collisions in Barking and Dagenham.

Collisions in 2025
480
Level with 2024
Casualties in 2025
586
Down 2% on 2024
Fatal collisions
0
0% of collisions
Serious collisions
67
14% of collisions

Crash severity in Barking and Dagenham in 2025

None of the collisions in Barking and Dagenham in 2025 were fatal and 14% were serious, against 1% and 13% in Barking and Dagenham from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious6714%
  • Slight41386%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious6812%
  • Slight51888%

Barking and Dagenham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Barking and Dagenham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 886 in 1979. 2025 is highlighted, with 480, level with 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 480
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025480586
2024482599
2023443569
2022477581
2021480612
2020452599
2019606795
2018585797
2017630833
2016516672
2015482622
2014507649
2013431520
2012436576
2011476607
2010447545
2009404524
2008479615
2007439575
2006525623
2005543682
2004616755
2003580756
2002616773
2001696891
20007711,051
1999755944
1998753961
19977861,019
1996742920
1995673852
1994702911
1993651819
1992690869
1991655838
1990810999
1989750930
1988747926
1987761930
1986721928
1985763935
1984805982
1983755959
19828391,047
19818661,063
19808571,051
19798861,133

When and where crashes happen in Barking and Dagenham in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday69 (14%)
  • Tuesday79 (16%)
  • Wednesday66 (14%)
  • Thursday73 (15%)
  • Friday82 (17%)
  • Saturday66 (14%)
  • Sunday45 (9.4%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5916 (3.3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5917 (3.5%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5962 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5945 (9.4%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5973 (15%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59130 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5989 (19%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5948 (10%)

Collisions by month

  • January42 (8.8%)
  • February32 (6.7%)
  • March41 (8.5%)
  • April26 (5.4%)
  • May44 (9.2%)
  • June38 (7.9%)
  • July41 (8.5%)
  • August39 (8.1%)
  • September36 (7.5%)
  • October40 (8.3%)
  • November56 (12%)
  • December45 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight326 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit137 (29%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown12 (2.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds378 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds37 (7.7%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other31 (6.5%)
  • Not recorded31 (6.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry388 (81%)
  • Wet or damp66 (14%)
  • Frost or ice4 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded22 (4.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph84 (18%)
  • 30 mph347 (72%)
  • 40 mph11 (2.3%)
  • 50 mph37 (7.7%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway275 (57%)
  • Dual carriageway97 (20%)
  • Roundabout41 (8.5%)
  • One way street or slip road33 (6.9%)
  • Not recorded34 (7.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Barking and Dagenham in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant256 (44%)
  • Pedestrian128 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist82 (14%)
  • Cyclist49 (8.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant34 (5.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant12 (2%)
  • Van occupant12 (2%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user2 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.5%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 514 (2.4%)
  • 6 to 1016 (2.7%)
  • 11 to 1525 (4.3%)
  • 16 to 2037 (6.3%)
  • 21 to 2567 (11%)
  • 26 to 35135 (23%)
  • 36 to 45108 (18%)
  • 46 to 5582 (14%)
  • 56 to 6545 (7.7%)
  • 66 to 7515 (2.6%)
  • Over 759 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded33 (5.6%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider352 (60%)
  • Pedestrian128 (22%)
  • Passenger106 (18%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car566 (67%)
  • Motorcycle89 (11%)
  • Pedal cycle54 (6.4%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes52 (6.2%)
  • Bus or coach36 (4.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car23 (2.7%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes11 (1.3%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)11 (1.3%)
  • Minibus1 (0.1%)
  • Mobility scooter1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Barking and Dagenham in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Barking and Dagenham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Barking and Dagenham ranked among 351 areas in 2025

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Barking and Dagenham had the 54th most road collisions in 2025.

Collisions
54th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
55th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
None
joint lowest with 31 other areas
Serious collisions
140th
highest of 351 areas

Accident hotspots in Barking and Dagenham in 2025

Abbey, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8AF area was the busiest accident hotspot in Barking and Dagenham in 2025, with 48 collisions, 4 of them serious.

Roads in Barking and Dagenham with the most crashes in 2025

The A124 had the most collisions in Barking and Dagenham in 2025: 69, including 7 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Barking and Dagenham, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA124698407
2ndA13536305
3rdA1112465709
4thA1240262905
5thA1306202502
6thA1153192404
7thA123193100
8thA118182002
9thA108381002
10thA40671002
11thA122400
12thB1781100
13thB1911100

Towns in Barking and Dagenham: crashes in 2025

Barking and Dagenham itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2025: 429.

Postcode districts in Barking and Dagenham: crashes in 2025

IG11 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Barking and Dagenham in 2025: 161.

Latest crashes in Barking and Dagenham in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Barking and Dagenham in 2025, none were fatal and 5 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2025.

Severity

Barking and Dagenham road accidents in other years