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SG16 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 533 road traffic collisions in the SG16 postcode district, Central Bedfordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 723 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 115 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
533
2,406th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
723
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
11 people killed
Serious collisions
115
140 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for SG16

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal112.1%
  • Serious11522%
  • Slight40776%

What the data shows

  • SG16 had 77 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 92 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in SG16 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 79 children under 16 were killed or injured in SG16, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in SG16.

Where SG16 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,406th
Most casualties
2,416th
Most fatal collisions
2,396th
Most serious collisions
2,425th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday72 (14%)
  • Tuesday82 (15%)
  • Wednesday81 (15%)
  • Thursday89 (17%)
  • Friday85 (16%)
  • Saturday66 (12%)
  • Sunday58 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight356 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit106 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting64 (12%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway478 (90%)
  • Roundabout50 (9.4%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph265 (50%)
  • 40 mph29 (5.4%)
  • 50 mph17 (3.2%)
  • 60 mph218 (41%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds420 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds59 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (2.3%)
  • Fog or mist11 (2.1%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other19 (3.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant443 (61%)
  • Motorcyclist102 (14%)
  • Cyclist82 (11%)
  • Pedestrian56 (7.7%)
  • Van occupant16 (2.2%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

SG16 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in SG16, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in SG16 peaked at 24 in 1987; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202466
2023916
2022812
202179
202078
20191111
20181322
201758
2016610
20151010
201467
2013810
20121315
2011912
20101012
20091113
200856
20071518
200659
20051418
20041012
20031014
200278
20011216
20001216
1999912
19981627
199789
19961115
1995912
19941525
19931418
19921933
19911017
19901519
19891417
19881415
19872431
19861013
19851824
19841827
19831734
19821317
19811821
19801316
19791418

Map of recent crashes in SG16

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in SG16

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in SG16

The 24 most recent collisions in SG16 happened between 5 June 2022 and 28 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in SG16

The A6001 has the most collisions in SG16, 164 of 533 (31%), followed by the A507 (118).

Collisions in SG16 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6001164227037
2ndA507118165327
3rdA60085123416
4thB659485417

Council area for SG16

SG16 is in Central Bedfordshire, where police recorded 39,453 collisions from 1979 to 2025. SG16 accounts for 1.3% of them.

Towns in SG16

Collisions in SG16 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Lower Stondon (142) and Henlow (131).