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South Northamptonshire road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 172 road traffic collisions in South Northamptonshire in 2025, and 234 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 36 were serious.

Collisions were up 6% on 2024 (162), and casualties rose from 221.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 13,779 collisions in South Northamptonshire.

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

Collisions in 2025
172
Up 6% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
234
Up 6% on 2024
Fatal collisions
6
3.5% of collisions
Serious collisions
36
21% of collisions

Crash severity in South Northamptonshire in 2025

3.5% of collisions in South Northamptonshire in 2025 were fatal and 21% serious, against 3.9% and 29% in South Northamptonshire from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal63.5%
  • Serious3621%
  • Slight13076%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal62.6%
  • Serious4318%
  • Slight18579%

South Northamptonshire road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in South Northamptonshire, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 508 in 1986. 2025 is highlighted, with 172, up 6% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 172
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025172234
2024162221
2023159215
2022162236
2021142192
2020114140
2019179286
2018134187
2017130201
2016165204
2015200273
2014192288
2013188263
2012183274
2011168228
2010191256
2009225308
2008233318
2007232320
2006237366
2005277394
2004292464
2003345501
2002297436
2001304444
2000375607
1999374604
1998354578
1997314525
1996314499
1995264417
1994310476
1993371577
1992319484
1991366559
1990468703
1989468749
1988370575
1987453729
1986508783
1985451736
1984423651
1983453693
1982427650
1981455758
1980437690
1979422663

When and where crashes happen in South Northamptonshire in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday33 (19%)
  • Tuesday22 (13%)
  • Wednesday22 (13%)
  • Thursday27 (16%)
  • Friday28 (16%)
  • Saturday18 (10%)
  • Sunday22 (13%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:594 (2.3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:595 (2.9%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5930 (17%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5921 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5940 (23%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5933 (19%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5927 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5912 (7%)

Collisions by month

  • January19 (11%)
  • February9 (5.2%)
  • March12 (7%)
  • April16 (9.3%)
  • May9 (5.2%)
  • June19 (11%)
  • July18 (10%)
  • August9 (5.2%)
  • September21 (12%)
  • October17 (9.9%)
  • November11 (6.4%)
  • December12 (7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight129 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting27 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights lit14 (8.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds134 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other12 (7%)

Road surface

  • Dry120 (70%)
  • Wet or damp44 (26%)
  • Frost or ice8 (4.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph31 (18%)
  • 40 mph14 (8.1%)
  • 50 mph20 (12%)
  • 60 mph65 (38%)
  • 70 mph39 (23%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway105 (61%)
  • Dual carriageway41 (24%)
  • Roundabout24 (14%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in South Northamptonshire in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant162 (69%)
  • Motorcyclist25 (11%)
  • Van occupant14 (6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (5.6%)
  • Pedestrian11 (4.7%)
  • Cyclist5 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)2 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 52 (0.9%)
  • 6 to 104 (1.7%)
  • 11 to 156 (2.6%)
  • 16 to 2027 (12%)
  • 21 to 2515 (6.4%)
  • 26 to 3540 (17%)
  • 36 to 4543 (18%)
  • 46 to 5540 (17%)
  • 56 to 6527 (12%)
  • 66 to 7520 (8.5%)
  • Over 759 (3.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider162 (69%)
  • Passenger61 (26%)
  • Pedestrian11 (4.7%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car216 (68%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes36 (11%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes28 (8.8%)
  • Motorcycle24 (7.5%)
  • Pedal cycle5 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown4 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle3 (0.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle1 (0.3%)
  • Bus or coach1 (0.3%)
  • Minibus1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for South Northamptonshire in 2025

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

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 South Northamptonshire in 2025

Towcester, West Northamptonshire, NN12 6YP area was the busiest accident hotspot in South Northamptonshire in 2025, with 10 collisions, 2 of them serious.

Roads in South Northamptonshire with the most crashes in 2025

The A43 had the most collisions in South Northamptonshire in 2025: 27, including 7 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in South Northamptonshire, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA43273407
2ndM1223031
3rdA5131822
4thB4525121503
5thA42281002
6thA50871201
7thM404701
8thA3613410
9thA4283600
10thB5263501
11thA4132400
12thB40312402
13thA451101
14thA45001100
15thB41001101

Towns in South Northamptonshire: crashes in 2025

Towcester had the most collisions of any town in South Northamptonshire in 2025: 8.

Postcode districts in South Northamptonshire: crashes in 2025

NN12 had the most collisions of any postcode district in South Northamptonshire in 2025: 51.

West Northamptonshire and its former districts in 2025

West Northamptonshire recorded 770 collisions in 2025, and 22% of them were in the old South Northamptonshire district.

Other former districts in West Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in South Northamptonshire in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in South Northamptonshire in 2025, 1 was fatal and 5 were serious. The last was on 29 December 2025.

Severity

South Northamptonshire road accidents in other years