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Barnet road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 65,653 road traffic collisions in Barnet from 1979 to 2025, and 80,522 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 574 were fatal and 8,789 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 782 collisions, up 1% on 2024 (777), and casualties rose from 875 to 904.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
65,653
16th highest of 351 areas
Casualties
80,522
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
574
0.9% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
782
Up 1% on 2024

Crash severity in Barnet

0.9% of collisions in Barnet from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 13% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal5740.9%
  • Serious8,78913%
  • Slight56,29086%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal6000.7%
  • Serious9,58112%
  • Slight70,34187%

Barnet road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Barnet, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 2,016 in 1979. In 2025 there were 782, up 1% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 782
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025782904
2024777875
2023838947
20228871,034
2021864995
2020774910
20199481,157
20189941,213
20171,0931,343
20169611,239
20151,0621,320
20149831,276
20139931,228
20121,0201,262
20111,1131,382
20101,2071,520
20091,0951,403
20089591,222
20071,0891,392
20061,0871,347
20051,1371,356
20041,2541,570
20031,3551,656
20021,4571,850
20011,4701,819
20001,5511,953
19991,5781,981
19981,6201,953
19971,5681,892
19961,7012,029
19951,8042,143
19941,8742,216
19931,7432,139
19921,8192,296
19911,7272,135
19901,8572,272
19891,9112,297
19881,8562,265
19871,7182,124
19861,7722,170
19851,8362,232
19841,8562,166
19831,7932,133
19821,9852,435
19811,9072,437
19801,9622,472
19792,0162,562

When and where crashes happen in Barnet

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday9,274 (14%)
  • Tuesday9,740 (15%)
  • Wednesday9,864 (15%)
  • Thursday10,028 (15%)
  • Friday10,620 (16%)
  • Saturday8,757 (13%)
  • Sunday7,370 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:592,553 (3.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:591,098 (1.7%)
  • 06:00 to 08:597,504 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:599,862 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5911,653 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5915,045 (23%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5911,266 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:596,672 (10%)

Collisions by month

  • January5,400 (8.2%)
  • February4,781 (7.3%)
  • March5,416 (8.2%)
  • April5,093 (7.8%)
  • May5,418 (8.3%)
  • June5,584 (8.5%)
  • July5,531 (8.4%)
  • August5,075 (7.7%)
  • September5,502 (8.4%)
  • October5,956 (9.1%)
  • November6,288 (9.6%)
  • December5,609 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight46,361 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit18,288 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown659 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit192 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting153 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds49,096 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds8,479 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds450 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds384 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds337 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist239 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds39 (0.1%)
  • Other5,564 (8.5%)
  • Not recorded1,065 (1.6%)

Road surface

  • Dry47,763 (73%)
  • Wet or damp16,305 (25%)
  • Frost or ice650 (1%)
  • Snow407 (0.6%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep41 (0.1%)
  • Oil or diesel11 (under 0.1%)
  • Mud5 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded471 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph4 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph979 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph51,647 (79%)
  • 40 mph6,068 (9.2%)
  • 50 mph4,174 (6.4%)
  • 60 mph575 (0.9%)
  • 70 mph2,197 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded9 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway43,943 (67%)
  • Dual carriageway13,427 (20%)
  • Roundabout2,854 (4.3%)
  • One way street or slip road1,554 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded3,875 (5.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Barnet

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant45,570 (57%)
  • Pedestrian13,507 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist10,768 (13%)
  • Cyclist4,344 (5.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2,961 (3.7%)
  • Van occupant2,031 (2.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant477 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)397 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant255 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant160 (0.2%)
  • Other20 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded32 (under 0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51,420 (1.8%)
  • 6 to 102,292 (2.8%)
  • 11 to 153,621 (4.5%)
  • 16 to 2010,019 (12%)
  • 21 to 2511,128 (14%)
  • 26 to 3517,149 (21%)
  • 36 to 4511,417 (14%)
  • 46 to 557,502 (9.3%)
  • 56 to 654,989 (6.2%)
  • 66 to 753,260 (4%)
  • Over 752,687 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded5,038 (6.3%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider48,560 (60%)
  • Passenger18,455 (23%)
  • Pedestrian13,507 (17%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car88,529 (75%)
  • Motorcycle11,243 (9.5%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes6,088 (5.2%)
  • Pedal cycle4,446 (3.8%)
  • Bus or coach3,718 (3.1%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes2,249 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car873 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle692 (0.6%)
  • Minibus217 (0.2%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)35 (under 0.1%)
  • Other37 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Barnet

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Barnet

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Barnet ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Barnet had the 16th most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
16th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
18th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
51st
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
33rd
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
13thSheffield71,90693,68889612,412
14thSomerset70,09298,0271,77413,841
15thWiltshire68,70198,5761,71614,125
16thBarnet (this area)65,65380,5225748,789
17thSouthwark62,64872,3654249,594
18thCroydon62,40276,0464879,462
19thEaling60,82373,7115568,499

Accident hotspots in Barnet

West Hendon, Barnet, NW4 3AY area is the busiest accident hotspot in Barnet, with 1,747 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 13 of them fatal.

Roads in Barnet with the most crashes

The A5 had the most collisions in Barnet from 1979 to 2025: 5,823, including 45 fatal and 843 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Barnet, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA55,8237,09145843
2ndA10005,6326,63252819
3rdA4064,8366,49875576
4thA414,5645,96760569
5thA14,5295,90370583
6thA5984,2174,77135588
7thA5022,1472,43010277
8thA5041,9982,36710258
9thM11,7192,49226223
10thA51091,5831,99017208
11thA51001,5771,7957164
12thB5501,2011,4818188
13thA10031,1431,3436163
14thA4111,1031,42511183
15thA1101,1021,3246167
16thB5529051,0886106
17thA4077138104116
18thA109693822697
19thB1453412511665
20thB193396463552

Towns in Barnet

Barnet itself had the most collisions of any town in the area from 1979 to 2025: 52,880.

Postcode districts in Barnet

HA8 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Barnet from 1979 to 2025: 6,976.

Latest crashes in Barnet

Of the latest 24 crashes in Barnet, 1 was fatal and 6 were serious. The most recent was on 31 December 2025.

Severity