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Wellingborough road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 149 road traffic collisions in Wellingborough in 2025, and 181 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 43 were serious.

Collisions were up 15% on 2024 (130), and casualties rose from 174.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 10,269 collisions in Wellingborough.

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

Collisions in 2025
149
Up 15% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
181
Up 4% on 2024
Fatal collisions
4
2.7% of collisions
Serious collisions
43
29% of collisions

Crash severity in Wellingborough in 2025

2.7% of collisions in Wellingborough in 2025 were fatal and 29% serious, against 2.3% and 29% in Wellingborough from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal42.7%
  • Serious4329%
  • Slight10268%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal42.2%
  • Serious4927%
  • Slight12871%

Wellingborough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wellingborough, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 347 in 1980. 2025 is highlighted, with 149, up 15% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 149
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025149181
2024130174
2023127173
2022116146
2021109143
2020119141
2019141173
2018147202
2017107141
2016122165
2015148188
2014144180
2013125167
2012117141
2011147189
2010156200
2009152213
2008175242
2007192273
2006207269
2005208274
2004216307
2003229311
2002227326
2001241345
2000239337
1999269371
1998267372
1997264375
1996240334
1995243324
1994260333
1993234306
1992231304
1991275383
1990290394
1989336444
1988332443
1987312424
1986337442
1985285363
1984294372
1983265373
1982334448
1981339461
1980347472
1979325433

When and where crashes happen in Wellingborough in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (13%)
  • Tuesday20 (13%)
  • Wednesday20 (13%)
  • Thursday22 (15%)
  • Friday30 (20%)
  • Saturday16 (11%)
  • Sunday21 (14%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:593 (2%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (1.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5927 (18%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5919 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5926 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5939 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5924 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:599 (6%)

Collisions by month

  • January12 (8.1%)
  • February15 (10%)
  • March3 (2%)
  • April14 (9.4%)
  • May18 (12%)
  • June16 (11%)
  • July13 (8.7%)
  • August11 (7.4%)
  • September10 (6.7%)
  • October12 (8.1%)
  • November13 (8.7%)
  • December12 (8.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight111 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit21 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (9.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds117 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other6 (4%)

Road surface

  • Dry101 (68%)
  • Wet or damp45 (30%)
  • Frost or ice2 (1.3%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (3.4%)
  • 30 mph79 (53%)
  • 40 mph13 (8.7%)
  • 50 mph4 (2.7%)
  • 60 mph28 (19%)
  • 70 mph20 (13%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway105 (70%)
  • Dual carriageway23 (15%)
  • Roundabout19 (13%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Wellingborough in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant104 (57%)
  • Motorcyclist24 (13%)
  • Pedestrian24 (13%)
  • Cyclist15 (8.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.6%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 52 (1.1%)
  • 6 to 108 (4.4%)
  • 11 to 1510 (5.5%)
  • 16 to 2026 (14%)
  • 21 to 2517 (9.4%)
  • 26 to 3531 (17%)
  • 36 to 4526 (14%)
  • 46 to 5516 (8.8%)
  • 56 to 6523 (13%)
  • 66 to 7510 (5.5%)
  • Over 7512 (6.6%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider122 (67%)
  • Passenger35 (19%)
  • Pedestrian24 (13%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car196 (73%)
  • Motorcycle26 (9.6%)
  • Pedal cycle16 (5.9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes12 (4.4%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes11 (4.1%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)3 (1.1%)
  • Mobility scooter2 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car2 (0.7%)
  • Agricultural vehicle1 (0.4%)
  • Bus or coach1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Wellingborough in 2025

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

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 Wellingborough in 2025

Croyland & Swanspool, North Northamptonshire, NN8 4PF area was the busiest accident hotspot in Wellingborough in 2025, with 21 collisions, 8 of them serious.

Roads in Wellingborough with the most crashes in 2025

The A45 had the most collisions in Wellingborough in 2025: 21, including 2 fatal and 6 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Wellingborough, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA45212826
2ndA509162007
3rdA5128101103
4thA51938903
5thA5107703
6thB5716601
7thA434501
8thA45004500
9thA64502
10thB5693301
11thB5733410
12thB5722201
13thB5741100
14thB5811100

Towns in Wellingborough: crashes in 2025

Wellingborough itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2025: 73.

Postcode districts in Wellingborough: crashes in 2025

NN8 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Wellingborough in 2025: 101.

North Northamptonshire and its former districts in 2025

North Northamptonshire recorded 557 collisions in 2025, and 27% of them were in the old Wellingborough district.

Other former districts in North Northamptonshire

Latest crashes in Wellingborough in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Wellingborough in 2025, 1 was fatal and 6 were serious. The last was on 29 December 2025.

Severity

Wellingborough road accidents in other years