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Heathrow Airport road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 30 road traffic collisions at Heathrow Airport in 2025, and 37 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 4 were serious.

Collisions were down 9% on 2024 (33), and casualties fell from 45.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 2,993 collisions at Heathrow Airport.

Collisions in 2025
30
Down 9% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
37
Down 18% on 2024
Fatal collisions
0
0% of collisions
Serious collisions
4
13% of collisions

Crash severity at Heathrow Airport in 2025

None of the collisions at Heathrow Airport in 2025 were fatal and 13% were serious, against 0.5% and 11% at Heathrow Airport from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious413%
  • Slight2687%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious411%
  • Slight3389%

Heathrow Airport road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties at Heathrow Airport, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 124 in 1997. 2025 is highlighted, with 30, down 9% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 30
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253037
20243345
20231930
20222533
20211214
20201721
20192838
20184046
20174967
20163137
20153949
20143852
20133139
20123842
20112534
20104048
20094044
20084452
20075573
20061921
20057075
20042226
20034461
20027086
200183111
2000107131
199984106
199898127
1997124147
1996118141
19957896
1994101113
199399124
19928698
19916678
199089104
1989106135
19887996
19877586
19868698
19858193
19846882
19837886
1982114139
198194114
1980105130
1979115147

When and where crashes happen at Heathrow Airport in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday4 (13%)
  • Tuesday4 (13%)
  • Wednesday1 (3.3%)
  • Thursday9 (30%)
  • Friday3 (10%)
  • Saturday5 (17%)
  • Sunday4 (13%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:591 (3.3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:595 (17%)
  • 06:00 to 08:595 (17%)
  • 09:00 to 11:592 (6.7%)
  • 12:00 to 14:597 (23%)
  • 15:00 to 17:596 (20%)
  • 18:00 to 20:592 (6.7%)
  • 21:00 to 23:592 (6.7%)

Collisions by month

  • January2 (6.7%)
  • February4 (13%)
  • March4 (13%)
  • April1 (3.3%)
  • May2 (6.7%)
  • June3 (10%)
  • August2 (6.7%)
  • September1 (3.3%)
  • October4 (13%)
  • November4 (13%)
  • December3 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight16 (53%)
  • Dark, street lights lit14 (47%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds24 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds2 (6.7%)
  • Other3 (10%)
  • Not recorded1 (3.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry24 (80%)
  • Wet or damp5 (17%)
  • Not recorded1 (3.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (33%)
  • 30 mph17 (57%)
  • 40 mph3 (10%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway12 (40%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (27%)
  • Roundabout7 (23%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (6.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (3.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes at Heathrow Airport in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant16 (43%)
  • Motorcyclist7 (19%)
  • Pedestrian7 (19%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (11%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (5.4%)
  • Cyclist1 (2.7%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51 (2.7%)
  • 6 to 101 (2.7%)
  • 11 to 151 (2.7%)
  • 21 to 256 (16%)
  • 26 to 357 (19%)
  • 36 to 456 (16%)
  • 46 to 552 (5.4%)
  • 56 to 659 (24%)
  • 66 to 751 (2.7%)
  • Over 751 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (5.4%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider18 (49%)
  • Passenger12 (32%)
  • Pedestrian7 (19%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car21 (46%)
  • Bus or coach9 (20%)
  • Motorcycle7 (15%)
  • Taxi or private hire car7 (15%)
  • Pedal cycle1 (2.2%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes1 (2.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Heathrow Airport in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 and the 2 busiest accident hotspots at Heathrow Airport

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (2)

How Heathrow Airport ranked among 351 areas in 2025

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Heathrow Airport had fewer road collisions than 345 of them in 2025.

Collisions
346th
of 351 areas, highest first
Casualties
346th
of 351 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
None
joint lowest with 31 other areas
Serious collisions
347th
of 351 areas, highest first

Accident hotspots at Heathrow Airport in 2025

Heathrow Villages, Hillingdon, TW6 1PY area was the busiest accident hotspot at Heathrow Airport in 2025, with 6 collisions, 1 of them serious.

Roads at Heathrow Airport with the most crashes in 2025

The A3044 had the most collisions at Heathrow Airport in 2025: 1, including 1 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions at Heathrow Airport, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA30441101

Towns at Heathrow Airport: crashes in 2025

Hillingdon had 25 collisions in 2025.

Postcode districts at Heathrow Airport: crashes in 2025

TW6 had the most collisions of any postcode district at Heathrow Airport in 2025: 27.

Latest crashes at Heathrow Airport in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes at Heathrow Airport in 2025, none were fatal and 4 were serious. The last was on 16 December 2025.

Severity

Heathrow Airport road accidents in other years