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Atherstone road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 680 road traffic collisions in Atherstone, North Warwickshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 830 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 149 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
680
965th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
830
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
149
161 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Atherstone

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.5%
  • Serious14922%
  • Slight52177%

What the data shows

  • Atherstone had 76 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 25% fewer than the 101 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Atherstone were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 170 children under 16 were killed or injured in Atherstone, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Atherstone.

Where Atherstone ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
965th
Most casualties
984th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
867th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday85 (13%)
  • Tuesday106 (16%)
  • Wednesday94 (14%)
  • Thursday96 (14%)
  • Friday138 (20%)
  • Saturday92 (14%)
  • Sunday69 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight480 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit171 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (2.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway617 (91%)
  • Dual carriageway24 (3.5%)
  • One way street or slip road20 (2.9%)
  • Roundabout18 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph566 (83%)
  • 40 mph73 (11%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph23 (3.4%)
  • 70 mph14 (2.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds572 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds85 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (0.9%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other7 (1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant372 (45%)
  • Pedestrian223 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist121 (15%)
  • Cyclist80 (9.6%)
  • Van occupant17 (2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Atherstone road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Atherstone, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Atherstone peaked at 32 in 1991; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251313
2024910
202388
202255
2021811
202033
201966
201855
20171014
2016910
201559
201467
201377
2012911
20111010
20101013
20091012
20081419
2007911
20062125
20051617
20041722
20031015
20022025
20011011
20001522
19991824
19981721
19971220
19961823
19951621
19942128
19931117
19922333
19913235
19902630
19892425
19882125
19871417
19862227
19851822
19842933
19831821
19822226
19811820
19801519
19792022

Map of recent crashes in Atherstone

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Atherstone

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Atherstone

The 24 most recent collisions in Atherstone happened between 25 September 2023 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Atherstone

The B4116 has the most collisions in Atherstone, 56 of 680 (8.2%), followed by the A5 (23).

Collisions in Atherstone on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB41165673010
2ndA5233325

Council area for Atherstone

Atherstone is in North Warwickshire, where police recorded 15,222 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Atherstone accounts for 4.5% of them.

Postcode district for Atherstone

All 680 collisions in Atherstone were in the CV9 postcode district.