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Daventry road accidents in 2015: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 188 road traffic collisions in Daventry in 2015, and 259 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 44 were serious.

Collisions were up 1% on 2014 (186), and casualties rose from 252.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 12,745 collisions in Daventry.

District council until April 2021, now part of West Northamptonshire. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 2015
188
Up 1% on 2014
Casualties in 2015
259
Up 3% on 2014
Fatal collisions
7
3.7% of collisions
Serious collisions
44
23% of collisions

Crash severity in Daventry in 2015

3.7% of collisions in Daventry in 2015 were fatal and 23% serious, against 3.6% and 29% in Daventry from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal73.7%
  • Serious4423%
  • Slight13773%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal83.1%
  • Serious5019%
  • Slight20178%

Daventry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Daventry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 464 in 1989. 2015 is highlighted, with 188, up 1% on 2014.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2015: 188
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025155228
2024172257
2023185263
2022166227
2021145203
2020106160
2019114176
2018137208
2017171234
2016184250
2015188259
2014186252
2013203283
2012189267
2011156236
2010182262
2009213295
2008255364
2007252372
2006279415
2005259375
2004295456
2003283412
2002297428
2001268406
2000291460
1999313517
1998317479
1997292448
1996262414
1995295467
1994302472
1993300463
1992309456
1991356531
1990385573
1989464737
1988395581
1987378619
1986359538
1985376596
1984403631
1983316467
1982445684
1981398592
1980401573
1979348545

When and where crashes happen in Daventry in 2015

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday39 (21%)
  • Tuesday24 (13%)
  • Wednesday27 (14%)
  • Thursday35 (19%)
  • Friday31 (16%)
  • Saturday12 (6.4%)
  • Sunday20 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:596 (3.2%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5910 (5.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5938 (20%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5927 (14%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5922 (12%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5950 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5921 (11%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5914 (7.4%)

Collisions by month

  • January19 (10%)
  • February12 (6.4%)
  • March10 (5.3%)
  • April16 (8.5%)
  • May18 (9.6%)
  • June15 (8%)
  • July22 (12%)
  • August8 (4.3%)
  • September17 (9%)
  • October12 (6.4%)
  • November20 (11%)
  • December19 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight133 (71%)
  • Dark, no street lighting27 (14%)
  • Dark, street lights lit20 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (3.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds154 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds30 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other1 (0.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry124 (66%)
  • Wet or damp60 (32%)
  • Frost or ice3 (1.6%)
  • Snow1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph52 (28%)
  • 40 mph24 (13%)
  • 50 mph15 (8%)
  • 60 mph83 (44%)
  • 70 mph12 (6.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway137 (73%)
  • Dual carriageway29 (15%)
  • Roundabout20 (11%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Daventry in 2015

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant192 (74%)
  • Motorcyclist24 (9.3%)
  • Pedestrian14 (5.4%)
  • Van occupant10 (3.9%)
  • Cyclist9 (3.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 58 (3.1%)
  • 6 to 1010 (3.9%)
  • 11 to 153 (1.2%)
  • 16 to 2025 (9.7%)
  • 21 to 2535 (14%)
  • 26 to 3552 (20%)
  • 36 to 4543 (17%)
  • 46 to 5539 (15%)
  • 56 to 6522 (8.5%)
  • 66 to 7511 (4.2%)
  • Over 7511 (4.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider184 (71%)
  • Passenger61 (24%)
  • Pedestrian14 (5.4%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car257 (70%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes41 (11%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes25 (6.8%)
  • Motorcycle24 (6.5%)
  • Pedal cycle9 (2.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car5 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach4 (1.1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle1 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown1 (0.3%)
  • Ridden horse1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Daventry in 2015

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2015 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Daventry

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

Accident hotspots in Daventry in 2015

Daventry South, West Northamptonshire, NN11 4GF area was the busiest accident hotspot in Daventry in 2015, with 12 collisions.

Roads in Daventry with the most crashes in 2015

The M1 had the most collisions in Daventry in 2015: 19, including 1 fatal and 4 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Daventry, 2015
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM1192414
2ndA5183126
3rdA45162113
4thA361131604
5thA519991301
6thA42881102
7thA147902
8thA5087923
9thA42561101
10thA42566900
11thA433302
12thB40362200
13thB40382200
14thA61100
15thB40371100

Towns in Daventry: crashes in 2015

Daventry itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2015: 25.

Postcode districts in Daventry: crashes in 2015

NN6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Daventry in 2015: 67.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 2015

West Northamptonshire recorded 818 collisions in 2015, and 23% of them were in the old Daventry district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Daventry in 2015

Of the last 24 crashes in Daventry in 2015, 1 was fatal and 6 were serious. The last was on 29 December 2015.

Severity

Daventry road accidents in other years