Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A47 in Hinckley and Bosworth, 31 Dec 2014, 16:12
- Volkswagen Transporter and Renault Megane
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
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Police recorded 229 road traffic collisions in Hinckley and Bosworth in 2014, and 285 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 31 were serious.
Collisions were up 19% on 2013 (193), and casualties rose from 250.
Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 12,804 collisions in Hinckley and Bosworth.
2.2% of collisions in Hinckley and Bosworth in 2014 were fatal and 14% serious, against 2.1% and 16% in Hinckley and Bosworth from 1979 to 2025.
Collisions peaked at 415 in 2000. 2014 is highlighted, with 229, up 19% on 2013.
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | 123 |
| 2024 | 123 | 155 |
| 2023 | 116 | 146 |
| 2022 | 95 | 116 |
| 2021 | 83 | 121 |
| 2020 | 104 | 147 |
| 2019 | 114 | 157 |
| 2018 | 128 | 178 |
| 2017 | 122 | 168 |
| 2016 | 190 | 252 |
| 2015 | 200 | 261 |
| 2014 | 229 | 285 |
| 2013 | 193 | 250 |
| 2012 | 222 | 302 |
| 2011 | 207 | 279 |
| 2010 | 204 | 267 |
| 2009 | 245 | 315 |
| 2008 | 274 | 363 |
| 2007 | 304 | 421 |
| 2006 | 320 | 461 |
| 2005 | 338 | 473 |
| 2004 | 349 | 520 |
| 2003 | 326 | 444 |
| 2002 | 383 | 517 |
| 2001 | 408 | 562 |
| 2000 | 415 | 583 |
| 1999 | 414 | 567 |
| 1998 | 389 | 550 |
| 1997 | 393 | 544 |
| 1996 | 383 | 543 |
| 1995 | 328 | 450 |
| 1994 | 296 | 400 |
| 1993 | 300 | 418 |
| 1992 | 337 | 451 |
| 1991 | 327 | 470 |
| 1990 | 354 | 502 |
| 1989 | 316 | 441 |
| 1988 | 305 | 444 |
| 1987 | 322 | 419 |
| 1986 | 289 | 382 |
| 1985 | 305 | 422 |
| 1984 | 346 | 461 |
| 1983 | 314 | 415 |
| 1982 | 313 | 434 |
| 1981 | 310 | 395 |
| 1980 | 311 | 405 |
| 1979 | 356 | 487 |
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
Map of the last 24 crashes of 2014 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Hinckley and Bosworth
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Accident hotspots (10)
Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Hinckley and Bosworth had fewer road collisions than 262 of them in 2014.
Hinckley Castle, Hinckley and Bosworth, LE10 1NG area was the busiest accident hotspot in Hinckley and Bosworth in 2014, with 21 collisions, 3 of them serious.
The M1 had the most collisions in Hinckley and Bosworth in 2014: 16, including 1 fatal and 1 serious.
| Rank | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Fatal | Serious |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | M1 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| 2nd | A47 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 3rd | A5 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 4th | A447 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 5th | A50 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 6th | B4109 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 7th | B4666 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 8th | A444 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 9th | B4667 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th | B4668 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 11th | B582 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 12th | M69 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 13th | A511 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14th | B4116 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15th | B4669 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16th | B585 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17th | B590 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18th | A46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19th | B591 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Hinckley had the most collisions of any town in Hinckley and Bosworth in 2014: 75.
LE10 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Hinckley and Bosworth in 2014: 96.
Of the last 24 crashes in Hinckley and Bosworth in 2014, 1 was fatal and 2 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2014.
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