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Berkhamsted road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,248 road traffic collisions in Berkhamsted, Dacorum, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,596 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 258 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,248
648th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,596
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
258
292 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
15
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Berkhamsted

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal100.8%
  • Serious25821%
  • Slight98079%

What the data shows

  • Berkhamsted had 92 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 183 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Berkhamsted were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 195 children under 16 were killed or injured in Berkhamsted, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Berkhamsted.

Where Berkhamsted ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
648th
Most casualties
641st
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
570th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday184 (15%)
  • Tuesday168 (13%)
  • Wednesday176 (14%)
  • Thursday168 (13%)
  • Friday211 (17%)
  • Saturday202 (16%)
  • Sunday139 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight924 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit301 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,213 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road14 (1.1%)
  • Roundabout13 (1%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph29 (2.3%)
  • 30 mph1,139 (91%)
  • 40 mph57 (4.6%)
  • 60 mph23 (1.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,008 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds175 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (1%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Other19 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded13 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant856 (54%)
  • Pedestrian323 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist237 (15%)
  • Cyclist118 (7.4%)
  • Van occupant25 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)12 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Berkhamsted road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Berkhamsted, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Berkhamsted peaked at 63 in 1982; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251315
20241010
20231213
202278
202146
20201214
2019913
201836
20171012
20161216
20151012
20141623
20132122
20121215
20111620
20102328
20092130
20082332
20072027
20062126
20051414
20042432
20031728
20021921
20011928
20004253
19992941
19982333
19972938
19963753
19952635
19943442
19932836
19924860
19912732
19903947
19894769
19886180
19873441
19864252
19854762
19843546
19835262
19826375
19814862
19804656
19794350

Map of recent crashes in Berkhamsted

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Berkhamsted

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Berkhamsted

The 24 most recent collisions in Berkhamsted happened between 5 November 2023 and 24 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Berkhamsted

The A41 has the most collisions in Berkhamsted, 400 of 1,248 (32%), followed by the A4251 (266).

Collisions in Berkhamsted on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA414005094106
2ndA4251266352346
3rdA41680104313
4thB4506131701

Council area for Berkhamsted

Berkhamsted is in Dacorum, where police recorded 20,193 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Berkhamsted accounts for 6.2% of them.

Postcode district for Berkhamsted

All 1,248 collisions in Berkhamsted were in the HP4 postcode district.