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Purley & Woodcote, Croydon, CR8 2LT area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
931
414th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,147
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Collisions in 2025
34
Up 10% on 2024

Crash severity at the CR8 2LT hotspot

131 of the 931 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal40.4%
  • Serious12714%
  • Slight80086%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
4
Seriously injured
136
Slightly injured
1,007
All casualties
1,147

Accidents by year at the CR8 2LT hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 55 in 2002, against an average of 37 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the CR8 2LT hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 34
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253438
20243132
20233640
20222931
20212734
20203037
20192632
20183038
20173436
20163036
20152840
20143746
20133040
20123036
20114057
20103943
20094153
20085160
20074656
20063850
20055169
20044049
20035367
20025574
20014553

Map of crashes at the CR8 2LT hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near CR8 2LT.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Purley & Woodcote, Croydon, CR8 2LT 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 CR8 2LT 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
Purley & Woodcote
Council area
Croydon
Nearest postcode to the centre
CR8 2LT
Postcode district
CR8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.34014, -0.11481
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
2 December 2025
Rank by collisions
414th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the CR8 2LT hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A23, with 278 of 931, followed by the A235 with 239.

Collisions at the CR8 2LT hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA23278350441
2ndA235239303038
3rdA22156188010
4thA20226075011
5thB272161700

Towns near the CR8 2LT hotspot

896 of the 931 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Croydon.

All 931 crashes at the CR8 2LT hotspot

Newest first, from 4 January 2001 to 2 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year