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PE23 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,010 road traffic collisions in the PE23 postcode district, East Lindsey, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,302 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 69 were fatal and 472 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 25 collisions, down 29% on 2024 (35).

Collisions since 1979
2,010
1,749th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
3,302
1.64 per collision
Fatal collisions
69
74 people killed
Serious collisions
472
648 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
25
Down 29% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
40
Down 23% on 2024

Road collision statistics for PE23

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal693.4%
  • Serious47223%
  • Slight1,46973%

What the data shows

  • PE23 had 312 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 26% fewer than the 420 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in PE23 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 346 children under 16 were killed or injured in PE23, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in PE23.

Where PE23 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,749th
Most casualties
1,554th
Most fatal collisions
702nd
Most serious collisions
1,571st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday321 (16%)
  • Tuesday244 (12%)
  • Wednesday245 (12%)
  • Thursday242 (12%)
  • Friday325 (16%)
  • Saturday345 (17%)
  • Sunday288 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,515 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting360 (18%)
  • Dark, street lights lit108 (5.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,867 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway87 (4.3%)
  • Roundabout31 (1.5%)
  • One way street or slip road16 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph271 (13%)
  • 40 mph138 (6.9%)
  • 50 mph89 (4.4%)
  • 60 mph1,313 (65%)
  • 70 mph199 (9.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,549 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds243 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds38 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds34 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist30 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds20 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds10 (0.5%)
  • Other55 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded31 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,491 (75%)
  • Motorcyclist329 (10%)
  • Pedestrian114 (3.5%)
  • Van occupant95 (2.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)69 (2.1%)
  • Cyclist65 (2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant40 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant36 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant35 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant16 (0.5%)
  • Other12 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PE23 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PE23, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PE23 peaked at 68 in 1988; 2025 had 25.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252540
20243552
20232849
20223453
20213248
20202023
20193752
20182848
20174060
20163358
20153752
20144889
20133765
20124064
20113238
20105288
20094780
20084569
20074165
20064165
20053863
20045486
200365112
20024486
200155100
200057104
19994469
19984569
199750105
19965390
19954467
19943057
19934977
19924682
19913653
19905179
198967116
198868113
19874068
19863366
19854897
19844372
19834064
19825068
19814456
19804360
19794165

Map of recent crashes in PE23

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PE23

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PE23

The 24 most recent collisions in PE23 happened between 18 January and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PE23

The A158 has the most collisions in PE23, 660 of 2,010 (33%), followed by the A16 (402).

Collisions in PE23 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1586601,19221150
2ndA1640270920111
3rdB1195213298956
4thA1028130230426
5thA15592143320
6thA11153555114
7thB1196314926
8thA524600

Council area for PE23

PE23 is in East Lindsey, where police recorded 24,059 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PE23 accounts for 8.4% of them.

Town in PE23

Of the 2,010 collisions in PE23, 247 (12%) were in Spilsby.