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MK5 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,340 road traffic collisions in the MK5 postcode district, Milton Keynes, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,052 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 18 were fatal and 182 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 15 collisions, down from 19 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,340
2,038th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,052
1.53 per collision
Fatal collisions
18
18 people killed
Serious collisions
182
218 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
15
19 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
24
Down 20% on 2024

Road collision statistics for MK5

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal181.3%
  • Serious18214%
  • Slight1,14085%

What the data shows

  • MK5 had 208 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 418 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in MK5 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 227 children under 16 were killed or injured in MK5, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in MK5.

Where MK5 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,038th
Most casualties
1,985th
Most fatal collisions
2,215th
Most serious collisions
2,286th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday181 (14%)
  • Tuesday213 (16%)
  • Wednesday231 (17%)
  • Thursday205 (15%)
  • Friday249 (19%)
  • Saturday140 (10%)
  • Sunday121 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight938 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit317 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown40 (3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting34 (2.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway903 (67%)
  • Dual carriageway276 (21%)
  • Roundabout151 (11%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph217 (16%)
  • 40 mph14 (1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph827 (62%)
  • 70 mph279 (21%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,122 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds127 (9.5%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist11 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other18 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded18 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,601 (78%)
  • Motorcyclist162 (7.9%)
  • Cyclist112 (5.5%)
  • Pedestrian77 (3.8%)
  • Van occupant39 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant31 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

MK5 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in MK5, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in MK5 peaked at 57 in 2002; 2025 had 15.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 15
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251524
20241930
20231719
20221321
20211620
20201622
20193153
20183249
20172033
20162951
20153965
20143559
20134779
20124470
20113957
20103150
20094976
20084759
20073649
20065167
20054471
20043968
20033042
20025794
20014569
20005087
19994475
19985390
19975482
19963648
19952744
19942537
19932739
19922224
19912639
19902741
19891926
19881621
19871824
19861316
1985612
198444
1983611
198255
198144
1980912
1979814

Map of recent crashes in MK5

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in MK5

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in MK5

The 24 most recent collisions in MK5 happened between 26 June 2024 and 24 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in MK5

The A5 has the most collisions in MK5, 100 of 1,340 (7.5%), followed by the A509 (55).

Collisions in MK5 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5100149614
2ndA509556303
3rdB40346902
4thA41463802

Council area for MK5

MK5 is in Milton Keynes, where police recorded 31,262 collisions from 1979 to 2025. MK5 accounts for 4.3% of them.

Town in MK5

Of the 1,340 collisions in MK5, 261 (19%) were in Milton Keynes.