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Howlands, Welwyn Hatfield, AL7 4QL area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 84 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Howlands ward, Welwyn Hatfield, from 2001 to 2025, with 105 casualties. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 16 were serious.

In 2025 there was 1 collision here, the same as in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
84
9,231st busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
105
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Crash severity at the AL7 4QL hotspot

19 of the 84 collisions here (23%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal33.6%
  • Serious1619%
  • Slight6577%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
18
Slightly injured
84
All casualties
105

Accidents by year at the AL7 4QL hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 8 in 2007, against an average of 3.4 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the AL7 4QL hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202412
202345
202224
202111
202046
201911
201833
201722
201635
201533
201456
201355
201233
201144
201045
200933
200811
200788
200667
200544
200436
200344
200246
200159

Map of crashes at the AL7 4QL hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near AL7 4QL.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Howlands, Welwyn Hatfield, AL7 4QL 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 AL7 4QL 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
Howlands
Council area
Welwyn Hatfield
Nearest postcode to the centre
AL7 4QL
Postcode district
AL7
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.78533, -0.18447
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
25 February 2025
Rank by collisions
9,231st of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the AL7 4QL hotspot

82 of the 84 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Welwyn Garden City.

Accident hotspots near AL7 4QL

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Howlands, Welwyn Hatfield, AL7 3DX area, 1 km away, with 232 collisions.

All 84 crashes at the AL7 4QL hotspot

Newest first, from 15 May 2001 to 25 February 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year