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Houghton Regis East, Central Bedfordshire, LU5 5PW area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 142 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Houghton Regis East ward, Central Bedfordshire, from 2001 to 2025, with 182 casualties. Of those collisions, 34 were serious and none fatal.

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

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
142
5,877th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
182
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Crash severity at the LU5 5PW hotspot

34 of the 142 collisions here (24%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious3424%
  • Slight10876%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
34
Slightly injured
148
All casualties
182

Accidents by year at the LU5 5PW hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 14 in 2001, against an average of 5.7 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the LU5 5PW hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202445
202312
202244
202133
202022
2019411
20181112
201733
2016916
201545
201434
201359
201278
201144
201078
2009811
200844
200744
200688
200566
20041012
200379
2002811
20011419

Map of crashes at the LU5 5PW hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near LU5 5PW.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Houghton Regis East, Central Bedfordshire, LU5 5PW area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the LU5 5PW 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
Houghton Regis East
Council area
Central Bedfordshire
Nearest postcode to the centre
LU5 5PW
Postcode district
LU5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.91242, -0.50864
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
1 November 2025
Rank by collisions
5,877th of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the LU5 5PW hotspot

All 142 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Houghton Regis.

Accident hotspots near LU5 5PW

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Houghton Regis West, Central Bedfordshire, LU5 5DY area, 1 km away, with 417 collisions.

All 142 crashes at the LU5 5PW hotspot

Newest first, from 24 March 2001 to 1 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year