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Cranfield & Marston Moretaine, Central Bedfordshire, MK43 0AR area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 514 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Cranfield & Marston Moretaine ward, Central Bedfordshire, from 2001 to 2025, with 816 casualties. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 52 were serious.

In 2025 there were 25 collisions here, up from 23 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
514
1,168th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
816
1.59 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Collisions in 2025
25
Up 9% on 2024

Crash severity at the MK43 0AR hotspot

57 of the 514 collisions here (11%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal51%
  • Serious5210%
  • Slight45789%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
6
Seriously injured
62
Slightly injured
748
All casualties
816

Accidents by year at the MK43 0AR hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 35 in 2017, against an average of 21 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the MK43 0AR hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 25
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252527
20242333
20232131
20222336
2021914
20201014
20191932
20182029
20173565
20162647
20152756
20142537
20132131
20122631
20112233
20102030
20091942
20082233
20071418
20061836
20051928
20041618
20031828
20021633
20012034

Map of crashes at the MK43 0AR hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near MK43 0AR.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Cranfield & Marston Moretaine, Central Bedfordshire, MK43 0AR 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 MK43 0AR 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
Cranfield & Marston Moretaine
Council area
Central Bedfordshire
Nearest postcode to the centre
MK43 0AR
Postcode district
MK43
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.02699, -0.60442
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
27 December 2025
Rank by collisions
1,168th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the MK43 0AR hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the A421, with 275 of 514, followed by the M1 with 197.

Collisions at the MK43 0AR hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA421275428230
2ndM1197340319
3rdA507121201

Accident hotspots near MK43 0AR

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Aspley & Woburn, Central Bedfordshire, MK17 8HL area, 1.2 km away, with 132 collisions.

All 514 crashes at the MK43 0AR hotspot

Newest first, from 2 January 2001 to 27 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year