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N3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,823 road traffic collisions in the N3 postcode district, Barnet, from 1982 to 2025, and 5,926 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 39 were fatal and 595 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 73 collisions, up 9% on 2024 (67).

Collisions since 1982
4,823
610th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,926
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
39
39 people killed
Serious collisions
595
642 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
73
Up 9% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
83
Up 14% on 2024

Road collision statistics for N3

Collisions by severity, 1982 to 2025

  • Fatal390.8%
  • Serious59512%
  • Slight4,18987%

What the data shows

  • N3 had 770 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 9% fewer than the 842 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in N3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 400 children under 16 were killed or injured in N3, 7.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in N3.

Where N3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
610th
Most casualties
722nd
Most fatal collisions
1,538th
Most serious collisions
1,220th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday666 (14%)
  • Tuesday711 (15%)
  • Wednesday705 (15%)
  • Thursday785 (16%)
  • Friday763 (16%)
  • Saturday637 (13%)
  • Sunday556 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,302 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,449 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown52 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit16 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,371 (70%)
  • Dual carriageway1,264 (26%)
  • One way street or slip road76 (1.6%)
  • Roundabout45 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded67 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph70 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph3,479 (72%)
  • 40 mph951 (20%)
  • 50 mph313 (6.5%)
  • 60 mph6 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,993 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds561 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds42 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds29 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds24 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist22 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (under 0.1%)
  • Other66 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded84 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,381 (57%)
  • Pedestrian892 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist871 (15%)
  • Cyclist307 (5.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant216 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant154 (2.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant38 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)35 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant16 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant13 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

N3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in N3, 1982 to 2025

Collisions in N3 peaked at 168 in 1982; 2025 had 73.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 73
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20257383
20246773
20238294
202287101
20217488
20206072
20196892
201887107
201781107
201691113
20157593
20147897
20137895
201280110
201193126
2010103141
2009100133
20086780
200787116
20068199
200589104
2004101120
2003109138
2002125160
2001105142
2000138176
1999131173
1998135156
1997112133
1996132158
1995145162
1994142172
1993152201
1992144175
1991133169
1990149170
1989147169
1988142172
1987110129
1986143176
1985157185
1984160186
1983142173
1982168207

Map of recent crashes in N3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in N3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in N3

The 24 most recent collisions in N3 happened between 7 October and 29 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in N3

The A598 has the most collisions in N3, 1,705 of 4,823 (35%), followed by the A406 (1,338).

Collisions in N3 on each road, 1982 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5981,7051,93816222
2ndA4061,3381,85215148
3rdA504487605361
4thA1203266118
5thA100396112017
6thB146295116114
7thA5000586909
8thA1000364507

Council area for N3

N3 is in Barnet, where police recorded 65,653 collisions from 1979 to 2025. N3 accounts for 7.3% of them.

Town in N3

Of the 4,823 collisions in N3, 4,804 (99.6%) were in Barnet.