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Northampton road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 449 road traffic collisions in Northampton in 2025, and 566 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 76 were serious.

Collisions were up 7% on 2024 (418), and casualties rose from 514.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 26,888 collisions in Northampton.

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

Collisions in 2025
449
Up 7% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
566
Up 10% on 2024
Fatal collisions
4
0.9% of collisions
Serious collisions
76
17% of collisions

Crash severity in Northampton in 2025

0.9% of collisions in Northampton in 2025 were fatal and 17% serious, against 1.3% and 20% in Northampton from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal40.9%
  • Serious7617%
  • Slight36982%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal40.7%
  • Serious7914%
  • Slight48385%

Northampton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Northampton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 890 in 1989. 2025 is highlighted, with 449, up 7% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 449
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025449566
2024418514
2023405480
2022419507
2021317378
2020274328
2019356452
2018329412
2017333395
2016401477
2015432550
2014392483
2013334403
2012326393
2011404499
2010379480
2009386467
2008481605
2007465573
2006517664
2005514678
2004582747
2003578735
2002582737
2001618768
2000644831
1999729954
1998731961
1997709955
1996647886
1995720926
1994700909
1993724916
1992724955
1991714926
19908211,075
19898901,172
19888481,097
19878161,028
1986706910
1985762927
1984738949
1983744915
1982753918
1981717880
1980702877
1979658846

When and where crashes happen in Northampton in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday73 (16%)
  • Tuesday65 (14%)
  • Wednesday46 (10%)
  • Thursday71 (16%)
  • Friday88 (20%)
  • Saturday60 (13%)
  • Sunday46 (10%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:598 (1.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5918 (4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5949 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5947 (10%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5987 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59129 (29%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5968 (15%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5943 (9.6%)

Collisions by month

  • January35 (7.8%)
  • February29 (6.5%)
  • March32 (7.1%)
  • April31 (6.9%)
  • May41 (9.1%)
  • June44 (9.8%)
  • July34 (7.6%)
  • August46 (10%)
  • September46 (10%)
  • October28 (6.2%)
  • November41 (9.1%)
  • December42 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight319 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit113 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (1.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds374 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds44 (9.8%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other28 (6.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry338 (75%)
  • Wet or damp107 (24%)
  • Frost or ice4 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (2.2%)
  • 30 mph340 (76%)
  • 40 mph48 (11%)
  • 50 mph21 (4.7%)
  • 60 mph14 (3.1%)
  • 70 mph16 (3.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway281 (63%)
  • Roundabout81 (18%)
  • Dual carriageway69 (15%)
  • One way street or slip road18 (4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Northampton in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant307 (54%)
  • Pedestrian89 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist58 (10%)
  • Cyclist36 (6.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant12 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1.2%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Other2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded26 (4.6%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 59 (1.6%)
  • 6 to 1016 (2.8%)
  • 11 to 1537 (6.5%)
  • 16 to 2075 (13%)
  • 21 to 2557 (10%)
  • 26 to 3598 (17%)
  • 36 to 45101 (18%)
  • 46 to 5572 (13%)
  • 56 to 6547 (8.3%)
  • 66 to 7525 (4.4%)
  • Over 7529 (5.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider352 (62%)
  • Passenger125 (22%)
  • Pedestrian89 (16%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car583 (70%)
  • Motorcycle65 (7.8%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes46 (5.5%)
  • Pedal cycle36 (4.3%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)36 (4.3%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes30 (3.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car21 (2.5%)
  • Bus or coach8 (1%)
  • Minibus2 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle2 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Northampton in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Northampton

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 Northampton in 2025

Castle, West Northamptonshire, NN1 2DN area was the busiest accident hotspot in Northampton in 2025, with 45 collisions, 1 of them fatal.

Roads in Northampton with the most crashes in 2025

The A4500 had the most collisions in Northampton in 2025: 50, including 1 fatal and 10 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Northampton, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA45005063110
2ndA5084347010
3rdA428375014
4thA45375516
5thA5123374206
6thA5076273505
7thA5095161603
8thA43121702
9thA5101111201
10thA51994500
11thA45013502
12thB5262201
13thB53462200
14thA51931100
15thM11100

Towns in Northampton: crashes in 2025

Northampton had 372 collisions in 2025.

Postcode districts in Northampton: crashes in 2025

NN3 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Northampton in 2025: 121.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 2025

West Northamptonshire recorded 770 collisions in 2025, and 58% of them were in the old Northampton district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Northampton in 2025

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

Severity

Northampton road accidents in other years