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Dunstable North, Central Bedfordshire, LU6 1ED area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
283
2,819th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
340
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
3
9 in 2024

Crash severity at the LU6 1ED hotspot

34 of the 283 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal31.1%
  • Serious3111%
  • Slight24988%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
33
Slightly injured
304
All casualties
340

Accidents by year at the LU6 1ED hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 22 in 2014, against an average of 11 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the LU6 1ED hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
2024911
20231313
20221010
20211215
2020811
201989
20181315
20171416
20161114
20151315
20142228
201367
2012810
20111012
20101112
200999
2008911
20071517
20061215
20051319
2004712
20031722
20021214
20011820

Map of crashes at the LU6 1ED hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near LU6 1ED.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Dunstable North, Central Bedfordshire, LU6 1ED area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the LU6 1ED 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
Dunstable North
Nearest postcode to the centre
LU6 1ED
Postcode district
LU6
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.88828, -0.53277
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
31 December 2025
Rank by collisions
2,819th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the LU6 1ED hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A5, with 65 of 283, followed by the B489 with 58.

Collisions at the LU6 1ED hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5657515
2ndB489587626
3rdA505111202
4thA51201100
5thA51831100
6thB45411100
7thB5791100

Towns near the LU6 1ED hotspot

All 283 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Dunstable.

All 283 crashes at the LU6 1ED hotspot

Newest first, from 12 April 2001 to 31 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year