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Bardon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 172 road traffic collisions in Bardon, North West Leicestershire, from 1979 to 2025, and 216 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 31 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
172
2,112th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
216
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
31
34 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bardon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal42.3%
  • Serious3118%
  • Slight13780%

What the data shows

  • Bardon had 29 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 41 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Bardon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Bardon are between noon and 3pm, with 19% of collisions.
  • 13 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bardon, 6.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Bardon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,112th
Most casualties
2,175th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
2,285th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (13%)
  • Tuesday35 (20%)
  • Wednesday31 (18%)
  • Thursday33 (19%)
  • Friday34 (20%)
  • Saturday11 (6.4%)
  • Sunday6 (3.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight125 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit32 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (7.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway145 (84%)
  • Roundabout19 (11%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (4.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph40 (23%)
  • 40 mph39 (23%)
  • 50 mph2 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph87 (51%)
  • 70 mph4 (2.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds124 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds29 (17%)
  • Fog or mist4 (2.3%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other6 (3.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant135 (63%)
  • Motorcyclist32 (15%)
  • Cyclist18 (8.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (4.2%)
  • Pedestrian8 (3.7%)
  • Van occupant8 (3.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bardon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bardon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bardon peaked at 12 in 2005; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202466
202311
202200
202112
202011
201955
201869
201735
201622
201522
201457
201322
201267
201122
201046
200923
200846
200733
20061112
20051216
200477
200345
200234
200168
200055
199946
199822
199711
199611
199534
199445
199322
199249
199168
199047
198911
198856
198745
198623
198566
198411
198378
198211
198144
198000
197935

Map of recent crashes in Bardon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bardon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bardon

The 24 most recent collisions in Bardon happened between 18 January 2018 and 25 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bardon

The B585 has the most collisions in Bardon, 58 of 172 (34%), followed by the B591 (24).

Collisions in Bardon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB5855881210
2ndB591243006
3rdA50121801
4thA511101102

Council area for Bardon

Bardon is in North West Leicestershire, where police recorded 15,541 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bardon accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Bardon

All 172 collisions in Bardon were in the LE67 postcode district.