Slight
Jaguar XE Series crash on the M1 in St Albans, 20 Dec 2025, 12:00
- Jaguar XE Series, Mercedes E Class and Volkswagen Tiguan
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025411698508
Redbourn, St Albans, AL3 7JL area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 309 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Redbourn ward, St Albans, from 2001 to 2025, with 593 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 37 were serious.
In 2025 there were 8 collisions here, up from 5 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 309
- 2,515th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 593
- 1.92 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 2
- 2 people killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 8
- 5 in 2024
Crash severity at the AL3 7JL hotspot
39 of the 309 collisions here (13%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal20.6%
- Serious3712%
- Slight27087%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 2
- Seriously injured
- 44
- Slightly injured
- 547
- All casualties
- 593
Accidents by year at the AL3 7JL hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 41 in 2004, against an average of 12 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the AL3 7JL hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 8
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 15 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 8 | 13 |
| 2018 | 7 | 18 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12 |
| 2015 | 9 | 19 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | 7 | 9 |
| 2010 | 10 | 21 |
| 2009 | 7 | 12 |
| 2008 | 13 | 17 |
| 2007 | 14 | 29 |
| 2006 | 14 | 19 |
| 2005 | 39 | 85 |
| 2004 | 41 | 92 |
| 2003 | 35 | 58 |
| 2002 | 32 | 64 |
| 2001 | 26 | 59 |
Map of crashes at the AL3 7JL hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near AL3 7JL.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Redbourn, St Albans, AL3 7JL 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 AL3 7JL 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.
Accident hotspots near AL3 7JL
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Redbourn, St Albans, AL3 7JD area, 1.1 km away, with 183 collisions.
- Redbourn, St Albans, AL3 7JD area1.1 km away, 327 casualties183 collisions
- Watling, Dacorum, AL3 8EX area1.5 km away, 1,093 casualties604 collisions
- Redbourn, St Albans, AL3 7LA area2.1 km away, 155 casualties113 collisions
- Redbourn, St Albans, AL3 7AS area2.2 km away, 736 casualties381 collisions
- Watling, Dacorum, AL3 8HQ area2.4 km away, 118 casualties66 collisions
- Harpenden North & Rural, St Albans, AL5 3DW area2.6 km away, 260 casualties141 collisions
- Harpenden North & Rural, St Albans, AL5 3QB area3.1 km away, 130 casualties79 collisions
- Redbourn, St Albans, AL3 7AL area3.3 km away, 261 casualties135 collisions
All 309 crashes at the AL3 7JL hotspot
Newest first, from 8 January 2001 to 20 December 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Renault Megane crash on the M1 in St Albans, 27 Oct 2025, 20:12
- Renault Megane and Scania
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025411660081
- Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the M1 in St Albans, 1 Aug 2025, 16:54
- Seat Ibiza and Mini One
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025411640233
- Serious
BMW 2 Series crash on the A5183 in St Albans, 26 Jul 2025, 22:49
- BMW 2 Series, Seat Ibiza and BMW 5 Series
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025411718678
- Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the M1 in St Albans, 22 Jun 2025, 11:15
- Peugeot 207 and Toyota C-HR
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025411607030
- Slight
Mercedes Gla Class crash on the M1 in St Albans, 14 Jun 2025, 11:19
- Mercedes Gla Class, Vauxhall Grandland, BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C Class
- 4 vehicles, 5 casualties
Ref 2025411615929
- Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the M1 in St Albans, 6 Jun 2025, 22:17
- Land Rover Discovery and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025411612557
- Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the M1 in St Albans, 31 May 2025, 12:02
- Citroen C3, Volvo XC90 and Mercedes Gla Class
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025411604998
- Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the M1 in St Albans, 13 Dec 2024, 17:15
- Honda Jazz and Volvo V40
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2024411541142
- Serious
Suzuki DL 1000 crash on the M1 in St Albans, 28 Oct 2024, 06:15
- Suzuki DL 1000 and Nissan Qashqai
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024411518450
- Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the M1 in St Albans, 30 May 2024, 21:16
- Toyota Aygo and MAN
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024411452365
- Serious
Car crash on the A5183 in St Albans, 13 Apr 2024, 09:38
- A car and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024411435081
- Slight
Yamaha YP crash on the M1 in St Albans, 10 Jan 2024, 17:30
- Yamaha YP and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024411405216
- Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the M1 in St Albans, 30 Jun 2023, 12:19
- Seat Alhambra and 2 cars
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2023411326421
- Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the M1 in St Albans, 10 Feb 2023, 13:00
- Mini Cooper, Citroen C4 and Volkswagen Golf
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2023411283569
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5183 in St Albans, 10 Dec 2022, 13:50
- Vauxhall Astra and Jaguar E-Pace
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022411255717
- Slight
Audi A3 crash on the M1 in St Albans, 27 Nov 2022, 17:26
- Audi A3 and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022411251171
- Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M1 in St Albans, 10 Nov 2022, 17:36
- Vauxhall Corsa and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022411243353
- Slight
MG HS crash on the A5183 in St Albans, 4 Oct 2022, 08:00
- MG HS and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022411227183
- Fatal
Volvo crash on the M1 in St Albans, 30 Jan 2022, 05:26
- Volvo and Scania
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022411138585
- Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M1 in St Albans, 30 Jan 2022, 05:25
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2022411138560
- Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the M1 in St Albans, 3 Jun 2021, 13:30
- Volkswagen Tiguan and another vehicle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021411052156
- Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the M1 in St Albans, 22 May 2021, 10:23
- Hyundai i10, Mercedes Sprinter and a car
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021411049299
- Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the M1 in St Albans, 30 Apr 2021, 13:37
- Ford Transit Custom, DAF Trucks and Vauxhall Corsa
- 3 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2021411051640
- Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the M1 in St Albans, 6 Oct 2020, 16:30
- Land Rover Discovery and Citroen Dispatch
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2020410988632
- Slight
Audi A1 crash on the M1 in St Albans, 18 Sep 2020, 12:40
- Audi A1, Mercedes Sprinter, DAF Trucks and another vehicle
- 4 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2020410982413
- Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the M1 in St Albans, 18 Feb 2020, 17:29
- Jaguar XF Series and 2 cars
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020410934589
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M1 in St Albans, 19 Jan 2020, 13:58
- 2 Vauxhall Astras and Peugeot 207
- 3 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2020410926406
- Slight
Mini Clubman crash on the M1 in St Albans, 5 Dec 2019, 12:47
- Mini Clubman and a lorry
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019410908863
- Serious
Toyota Auris crash on the M1 in St Albans, 1 Dec 2019, 17:15
- Toyota Auris, Ford Focus, BMW 4 Series and Audi TT
- 4 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2019410915190
- Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the M1 in St Albans, 29 Nov 2019, 20:27
- Hyundai i10 and Vauxhall Corsa
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2019410914226
- Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the M1 in St Albans, 23 Jul 2019, 14:38
- Renault Kangoo and Mercedes E Class
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2019410863257
- Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the M1 in St Albans, 31 May 2019, 11:21
- Nissan Juke and Yamaha YZF R6
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019410846411
- Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the M1 in St Albans, 4 May 2019, 08:58
- Mercedes E Class, Toyota Auris and a car
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2019410839116
- Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the M1 in St Albans, 28 Mar 2019, 14:15
- Renault Kangoo and Vauxhall Zafira
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019410830374
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M1 in St Albans, 18 Feb 2019, 06:20
- Vauxhall Corsa, Vauxhall Astra and Peugeot 208
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019410817978
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M1 in St Albans, 2 Nov 2018, 19:05
- Vauxhall Astra, Peugeot 207 and Volkswagen Passat
- 3 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2018410343995
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M1 in St Albans, 16 Sep 2018, 05:15
- Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Passat
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2018410330252
- Slight
Chrysler Voyager crash on the A5 in St Albans, 8 Jul 2018, 09:49
- Chrysler Voyager, Ford S-Max, Hyundai i30 and Ford Fiesta
- 4 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2018410313555
- Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in St Albans, 24 Jun 2018, 15:14
- Ford Fiesta and Ford Galaxy
- 2 vehicles, 6 casualties
Ref 2018410309754
- Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A5183 in St Albans, 23 Jun 2018, 08:20
- Ford Transit and Yamaha XC 125
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018410305608
- Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the M1 in St Albans, 7 Feb 2018, 11:17
- Volkswagen Sharan and a lorry
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018410268270
- Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the M1 in St Albans, 12 Jan 2018, 12:05
- Ford Transit Custom, Volkswagen Caddy and Audi TTS
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2018410261427
- Slight
BMW X1 crash on the M1 in St Albans, 27 Oct 2017, 08:20
- BMW X1, Mercedes C Class and a car
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017410235855
- Serious
Ford Transit crash on the M1 in St Albans, 22 Sep 2017, 11:04
- 2 Ford Transits, Peugeot 2008 and Vauxhall Meriva
- 4 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2017410227938
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M1 in St Albans, 18 Aug 2017, 07:10
- Volkswagen Golf and Mercedes E Class
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017410216373
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M1 in St Albans, 25 Jun 2017, 20:30
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 cars
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2017410198890
- Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M1 in St Albans, 15 Feb 2017, 05:38
- DAF Trucks and Volkswagen Golf
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017410160220