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Wixams & Wilstead, Bedford, MK42 9XE area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
326
2,335th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
449
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
14
Down 22% on 2024

Crash severity at the MK42 9XE hotspot

36 of the 326 collisions here (11%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.3%
  • Serious3511%
  • Slight29089%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
43
Slightly injured
404
All casualties
449

Accidents by year at the MK42 9XE hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 19 in 2011, against an average of 13 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the MK42 9XE hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251421
20241826
20231722
20221422
202199
20201318
20191619
20181524
20171623
20161322
20151827
20141013
20131116
20121821
20111923
20101416
20091013
20081113
20071318
20061014
2005711
20041114
20031015
2002810
20011119

Map of crashes at the MK42 9XE hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near MK42 9XE.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Wixams & Wilstead, Bedford, MK42 9XE 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 MK42 9XE 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
Wixams & Wilstead
Council area
Bedford
Nearest postcode to the centre
MK42 9XE
Postcode district
MK42
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.10838, -0.4774
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
2 November 2025
Rank by collisions
2,335th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the MK42 9XE hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A421, with 134 of 326, followed by the A6 with 108.

Collisions at the MK42 9XE hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA421134191115
2ndA6108141013
3rdA5141324300
4thB530253605
5thA51346700

Towns near the MK42 9XE hotspot

43 of the 326 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Kempston.

All 326 crashes at the MK42 9XE hotspot

Newest first, from 18 February 2001 to 2 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year