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Daventry road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 155 road traffic collisions in Daventry in 2025, and 228 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 38 were serious.

Collisions were down 10% on 2024 (172), and casualties fell from 257.

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 2025
155
Down 10% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
228
Down 11% on 2024
Fatal collisions
5
3.2% of collisions
Serious collisions
38
25% of collisions

Crash severity in Daventry in 2025

3.2% of collisions in Daventry in 2025 were fatal and 25% serious, against 3.6% and 29% in Daventry from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal53.2%
  • Serious3825%
  • Slight11272%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal52.2%
  • Serious4419%
  • Slight17979%

Daventry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Daventry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 464 in 1989. 2025 is highlighted, with 155, down 10% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 155
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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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 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (12%)
  • Tuesday17 (11%)
  • Wednesday25 (16%)
  • Thursday26 (17%)
  • Friday23 (15%)
  • Saturday26 (17%)
  • Sunday19 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:594 (2.6%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (1.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5925 (16%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5918 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5926 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5945 (29%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5917 (11%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5918 (12%)

Collisions by month

  • January7 (4.5%)
  • February13 (8.4%)
  • March11 (7.1%)
  • April13 (8.4%)
  • May17 (11%)
  • June11 (7.1%)
  • July12 (7.7%)
  • August11 (7.1%)
  • September10 (6.5%)
  • October12 (7.7%)
  • November22 (14%)
  • December16 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight110 (71%)
  • Dark, no street lighting31 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights lit10 (6.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds120 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (2.6%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other8 (5.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry104 (67%)
  • Wet or damp45 (29%)
  • Frost or ice4 (2.6%)
  • Snow2 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (2.6%)
  • 30 mph38 (25%)
  • 40 mph13 (8.4%)
  • 50 mph10 (6.5%)
  • 60 mph67 (43%)
  • 70 mph23 (15%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway113 (73%)
  • Dual carriageway25 (16%)
  • Roundabout16 (10%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Daventry in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant170 (75%)
  • Motorcyclist14 (6.1%)
  • Pedestrian13 (5.7%)
  • Van occupant10 (4.4%)
  • Cyclist8 (3.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (3.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 55 (2.2%)
  • 6 to 1010 (4.4%)
  • 11 to 154 (1.8%)
  • 16 to 2032 (14%)
  • 21 to 2519 (8.3%)
  • 26 to 3543 (19%)
  • 36 to 4541 (18%)
  • 46 to 5535 (15%)
  • 56 to 6517 (7.5%)
  • 66 to 7514 (6.1%)
  • Over 758 (3.5%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider158 (69%)
  • Passenger57 (25%)
  • Pedestrian13 (5.7%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car221 (75%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes25 (8.4%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes21 (7.1%)
  • Motorcycle14 (4.7%)
  • Pedal cycle8 (2.7%)
  • Bus or coach2 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car2 (0.7%)
  • Agricultural vehicle1 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown1 (0.3%)
  • Mobility scooter1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Daventry in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 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
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

Accident hotspots in Daventry in 2025

Daventry South, West Northamptonshire, NN11 4GF area was the busiest accident hotspot in Daventry in 2025, with 6 collisions, 1 of them serious.

Roads in Daventry with the most crashes in 2025

The A5 had the most collisions in Daventry in 2025: 15, including 6 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Daventry, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5152306
2ndA14131924
3rdM1121803
4thA36191403
5thA4591515
6thA50871101
7thA519961003
8thA4254700
9thA4284500
10thA434501
11thB40364601
12thB53853601
13thA42562300
14thB40382300
15thA45001110

Towns in Daventry: crashes in 2025

Daventry itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2025: 10.

Postcode districts in Daventry: crashes in 2025

NN6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Daventry in 2025: 78.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 2025

West Northamptonshire recorded 770 collisions in 2025, and 20% of them were in the old Daventry district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Daventry in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Daventry in 2025, none were fatal and 6 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2025.

Severity

Daventry road accidents in other years