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Watling, Milton Keynes, MK5 8ET area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 99 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Watling ward, Milton Keynes, from 2001 to 2025, with 146 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 14 were serious.

In 2025 there were 5 collisions here, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
99
8,005th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
146
1.47 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
5
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the MK5 8ET hotspot

16 of the 99 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal22%
  • Serious1414%
  • Slight8384%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
16
Slightly injured
128
All casualties
146

Accidents by year at the MK5 8ET hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 9 in 2002, against an average of 4.0 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the MK5 8ET hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202422
202300
202200
202111
202035
2019710
201846
201722
201649
201511
201435
201347
201258
201167
201047
200945
200858
200757
200656
200522
2004610
200334
2002916
2001913

Map of crashes at the MK5 8ET hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near MK5 8ET.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Watling, Milton Keynes, MK5 8ET area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the MK5 8ET 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
Watling
Council area
Milton Keynes
Nearest postcode to the centre
MK5 8ET
Postcode district
MK5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.02709, -0.78308
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
23 of 25
Latest collision
24 December 2025
Rank by collisions
8,005th of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the MK5 8ET hotspot

41 of the 99 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Milton Keynes.

Accident hotspots near MK5 8ET

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Furzton, Milton Keynes, MK5 7AU area, 0.9 km away, with 330 collisions.

All 99 crashes at the MK5 8ET hotspot

Newest first, from 5 February 2001 to 24 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year