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NN2 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,299 road traffic collisions in the NN2 postcode district, West Northamptonshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,329 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 47 were fatal and 936 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 63 collisions, up 3% on 2024 (61).

Collisions since 1979
4,299
772nd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,329
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
47
50 people killed
Serious collisions
936
1,063 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
63
Up 3% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
69
Up 3% on 2024

Road collision statistics for NN2

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal471.1%
  • Serious93622%
  • Slight3,31677%

What the data shows

  • NN2 had 551 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 6% fewer than the 588 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in NN2 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 866 children under 16 were killed or injured in NN2, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in NN2.

Where NN2 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
772nd
Most casualties
883rd
Most fatal collisions
1,276th
Most serious collisions
485th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday610 (14%)
  • Tuesday648 (15%)
  • Wednesday625 (15%)
  • Thursday670 (16%)
  • Friday733 (17%)
  • Saturday542 (13%)
  • Sunday471 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,931 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,157 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown152 (3.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting45 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit14 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,643 (85%)
  • Dual carriageway476 (11%)
  • Roundabout125 (2.9%)
  • One way street or slip road33 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded22 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph24 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph3,896 (91%)
  • 40 mph275 (6.4%)
  • 50 mph6 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph94 (2.2%)
  • 70 mph2 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,443 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds564 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds67 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist37 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds29 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds26 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.1%)
  • Other77 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded51 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,597 (49%)
  • Pedestrian1,147 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist739 (14%)
  • Cyclist556 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant113 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant75 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant50 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant16 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded17 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

NN2 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in NN2, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in NN2 peaked at 155 in 1989; 2025 had 63.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 63
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20256369
20246167
20236175
20225461
20215771
20204955
20195366
20185274
20174554
20165662
20156782
20146074
20133543
20124962
20116178
20106884
20095261
20086268
20076279
20067289
200583111
200483102
200398118
200291127
200190109
2000104125
1999117143
1998115157
1997102138
1996104141
1995123154
1994100121
1993120140
1992124154
1991116145
1990141172
1989155194
1988133161
1987145186
1986104131
1985130165
1984124162
1983134162
1982141176
1981129149
1980135157
1979119155

Map of recent crashes in NN2

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in NN2

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in NN2

The 24 most recent collisions in NN2 happened between 24 September and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in NN2

The A508 has the most collisions in NN2, 1,482 of 4,299 (34%), followed by the A5095 (431).

Collisions in NN2 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5081,4821,94416316
2ndA5095431525487
3rdA5123279347552
4thA50220265455
5thA50765770012
6thA435362113
7thA50805367111
8thA5199516405
9thA45083649112
10thA51933300

Council area for NN2

NN2 is in West Northamptonshire, where police recorded 53,355 collisions from 1979 to 2025. NN2 accounts for 8.1% of them.

Town in NN2

Of the 4,299 collisions in NN2, 4,007 (93%) were in Northampton.