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Baldock road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 771 road traffic collisions in Baldock, North Hertfordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 982 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 122 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
771
895th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
982
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
122
135 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Baldock

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.3%
  • Serious12216%
  • Slight63983%

What the data shows

  • Baldock had 76 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 104 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Baldock were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 140 children under 16 were killed or injured in Baldock, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Baldock.

Where Baldock ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
895th
Most casualties
891st
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
994th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday110 (14%)
  • Tuesday101 (13%)
  • Wednesday100 (13%)
  • Thursday118 (15%)
  • Friday137 (18%)
  • Saturday100 (13%)
  • Sunday105 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight572 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit175 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway701 (91%)
  • Roundabout38 (4.9%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (2.5%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph648 (84%)
  • 40 mph78 (10%)
  • 60 mph33 (4.3%)
  • 70 mph9 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds613 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds109 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other13 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant509 (52%)
  • Pedestrian185 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist123 (13%)
  • Cyclist113 (12%)
  • Van occupant22 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Baldock road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Baldock, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Baldock peaked at 35 in 1994; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025712
202458
202388
202266
202199
202022
201955
2018910
20171519
20161011
201578
2014710
201378
20121016
2011711
2010812
20091417
20081216
20071923
20061321
20052635
20041720
20032428
20022429
20012836
20002330
19992632
19982326
19971824
19962024
19951928
19943545
19933541
19921112
19912025
19902127
19891417
19882125
19873345
19862023
19851014
19842641
19832024
19821519
19811721
19802229
19792330

Map of recent crashes in Baldock

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Baldock

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Baldock

The 24 most recent collisions in Baldock happened between 7 February 2022 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Baldock

The A505 has the most collisions in Baldock, 211 of 771 (27%), followed by the A6141 (155).

Collisions in Baldock on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA505211277429
2ndA6141155189431
3rdA5077594012
4thB197374608
5thB656354904
6thA1(M)61702

Council area for Baldock

Baldock is in North Hertfordshire, where police recorded 17,238 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Baldock accounts for 4.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Baldock

Collisions in Baldock were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by SG7 (739) and SG6 (32).