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Castle, West Northamptonshire, NN1 5BB area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 95 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Castle ward, West Northamptonshire, from 2001 to 2025, with 114 casualties. Of those collisions, 14 were serious and none fatal.

In 2025 there were 2 collisions here, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
95
8,324th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
114
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Crash severity at the NN1 5BB hotspot

14 of the 95 collisions here (15%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious1415%
  • Slight8185%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
17
Slightly injured
97
All casualties
114

Accidents by year at the NN1 5BB hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 9 in 2016, against an average of 3.8 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NN1 5BB hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202447
202344
202266
202133
202033
201900
201823
201711
201699
201523
201466
201344
201200
201144
201022
200934
200847
200788
200668
200522
2004712
200333
200257
200156

Map of crashes at the NN1 5BB hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NN1 5BB.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Castle, West Northamptonshire, NN1 5BB area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the NN1 5BB hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Castle
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Nearest postcode to the centre
NN1 5BB
Postcode district
NN1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.23476, -0.88717
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
23 of 25
Latest collision
4 July 2025
Rank by collisions
8,324th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NN1 5BB hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A428, with 22 of 95, followed by the A508 with 17.

Collisions at the NN1 5BB hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA428223203
2ndA508172003

Towns near the NN1 5BB hotspot

84 of the 95 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Northampton.

Accident hotspots near NN1 5BB

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Castle, West Northamptonshire, NN1 2DN area, 0.8 km away, with 1,414 collisions.

All 95 crashes at the NN1 5BB hotspot

Newest first, from 25 February 2001 to 4 July 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year