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West Thornton, Croydon, CR0 3QA area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 1,871 road collisions at this accident hotspot in West Thornton ward, Croydon, from 2001 to 2025, with 2,172 casualties. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 212 were serious.

In 2025 there were 78 collisions here, down from 93 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,871
78th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
2,172
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Collisions in 2025
78
Down 16% on 2024

Crash severity at the CR0 3QA hotspot

217 of the 1,871 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal50.3%
  • Serious21211%
  • Slight1,65488%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
6
Seriously injured
223
Slightly injured
1,943
All casualties
2,172

Accidents by year at the CR0 3QA hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 128 in 2023, against an average of 75 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the CR0 3QA hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 78
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20257884
20249398
2023128134
20227084
20218490
20207986
20196981
20186069
20176584
201690110
20157482
201497108
20137281
20126881
20116173
20106379
20096575
20085870
20075772
20066067
200577100
20046878
20036878
20026881
200199127

Map of crashes at the CR0 3QA hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near CR0 3QA.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the West Thornton, Croydon, CR0 3QA area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the CR0 3QA 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
West Thornton
Council area
Croydon
Nearest postcode to the centre
CR0 3QA
Postcode district
CR0
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.38742, -0.11387
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
31 December 2025
Rank by collisions
78th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the CR0 3QA hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A235, with 630 of 1,871, followed by the A23 with 404.

Collisions at the CR0 3QA hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA235630739272
2ndA23404469045
3rdA236220246024
4thA2137696113
5thB266353912

Towns near the CR0 3QA hotspot

All 1,871 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Croydon.

Accident hotspots near CR0 3QA

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Bensham Manor, Croydon, CR0 2NL area, 0.9 km away, with 138 collisions.

All 1,871 crashes at the CR0 3QA hotspot

Newest first, from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity