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Westcotes, Leicester, LE3 0BR area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,184
236th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,494
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
6 people killed
Collisions in 2025
32
Up 45% on 2024

Crash severity at the LE3 0BR hotspot

109 of the 1,184 collisions here (9.2%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal40.3%
  • Serious1058.9%
  • Slight1,07591%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
6
Seriously injured
119
Slightly injured
1,369
All casualties
1,494

Accidents by year at the LE3 0BR hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 71 in 2012, against an average of 47 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the LE3 0BR hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 32
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253239
20242224
20232839
20223756
20213341
20203042
20193948
20184449
20173846
20164968
20154756
20145978
20135875
20127188
20114755
20105265
20094967
20085167
20076483
20065572
20054955
20043946
20035674
20026980
20016681

Map of crashes at the LE3 0BR hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near LE3 0BR.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Westcotes, Leicester, LE3 0BR area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the LE3 0BR 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
Westcotes
Council area
Leicester
Nearest postcode to the centre
LE3 0BR
Postcode district
LE3
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.62917, -1.14868
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
29 December 2025
Rank by collisions
236th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the LE3 0BR hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A5460, with 412 of 1,184, followed by the A47 with 185.

Collisions at the LE3 0BR hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5460412536132
2ndA47185246016

Towns near the LE3 0BR hotspot

All 1,184 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Leicester.

All 1,184 crashes at the LE3 0BR hotspot

Newest first, from 7 January 2001 to 29 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year