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Barrow upon Soar road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 296 road traffic collisions in Barrow upon Soar, Charnwood, from 1979 to 2025, and 344 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 55 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
296
1,564th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
344
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
55
59 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Barrow upon Soar

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.7%
  • Serious5519%
  • Slight23981%

What the data shows

  • Barrow upon Soar had 31 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 49 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Barrow upon Soar were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 74 children under 16 were killed or injured in Barrow upon Soar, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Barrow upon Soar.

Where Barrow upon Soar ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,564th
Most casualties
1,666th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,641st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday40 (14%)
  • Tuesday37 (13%)
  • Wednesday50 (17%)
  • Thursday40 (14%)
  • Friday53 (18%)
  • Saturday49 (17%)
  • Sunday27 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight219 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit66 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (2.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway285 (96%)
  • Roundabout6 (2%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (1.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph262 (89%)
  • 40 mph23 (7.8%)
  • 60 mph11 (3.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds238 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Other5 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded9 (3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant138 (40%)
  • Pedestrian75 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist63 (18%)
  • Cyclist52 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (1.2%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Barrow upon Soar road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Barrow upon Soar, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Barrow upon Soar peaked at 17 in 1981; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
202444
202333
202224
202111
202023
201911
201811
201788
201622
201578
201400
2013810
201267
201133
201088
200922
200845
200777
200644
200511
200468
200368
2002610
20011014
20001213
199922
199877
199779
199688
199522
199467
199388
199255
199179
199068
19891014
198889
198788
19861013
19851314
19841314
198344
19821421
19811718
19801214
197988

Map of recent crashes in Barrow upon Soar

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Barrow upon Soar

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Barrow upon Soar

The 24 most recent collisions in Barrow upon Soar happened between 19 July 2017 and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Barrow upon Soar

The B5328 has the most collisions in Barrow upon Soar, 56 of 296 (19%), followed by the B675 (49).

Collisions in Barrow upon Soar on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB53285673115
2ndB675495507

Council area for Barrow upon Soar

Barrow upon Soar is in Charnwood, where police recorded 18,548 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Barrow upon Soar accounts for 1.6% of them.

Postcode district for Barrow upon Soar

All 296 collisions in Barrow upon Soar were in the LE12 postcode district.