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Blaby and Whetstone road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
1,017
747th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,218
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
11 people killed
Serious collisions
144
153 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Blaby and Whetstone

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal90.9%
  • Serious14414%
  • Slight86485%

What the data shows

  • Blaby and Whetstone had 96 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 51% fewer than the 195 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Blaby and Whetstone were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 182 children under 16 were killed or injured in Blaby and Whetstone, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Blaby and Whetstone.

Where Blaby and Whetstone ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
747th
Most casualties
779th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
887th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday143 (14%)
  • Tuesday176 (17%)
  • Wednesday146 (14%)
  • Thursday171 (17%)
  • Friday176 (17%)
  • Saturday117 (12%)
  • Sunday88 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight740 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit261 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway768 (76%)
  • Roundabout162 (16%)
  • Dual carriageway79 (7.8%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph756 (74%)
  • 40 mph82 (8.1%)
  • 50 mph13 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph58 (5.7%)
  • 70 mph108 (11%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds806 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds137 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Other18 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded23 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant530 (44%)
  • Motorcyclist227 (19%)
  • Cyclist210 (17%)
  • Pedestrian202 (17%)
  • Van occupant26 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant16 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Blaby and Whetstone road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blaby and Whetstone, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Blaby and Whetstone peaked at 40 in 1985; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251012
20241114
20231415
202267
202155
202055
201979
2018910
20171014
20161921
20152123
20142324
20131717
20121819
20112332
20102124
20091717
20081720
20071821
20062024
20052433
20042025
20032327
20023339
20013237
20003032
19993135
19982628
19972431
19962533
19953446
19943239
19931417
19921920
19912022
19903336
19892737
19881922
19872527
19862631
19854054
19842530
19832636
19822530
19813343
19803443
19792632

Map of recent crashes in Blaby and Whetstone

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Blaby and Whetstone

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Blaby and Whetstone

The 24 most recent collisions in Blaby and Whetstone happened between 11 November 2023 and 19 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Blaby and Whetstone

The A426 has the most collisions in Blaby and Whetstone, 223 of 1,017 (22%), followed by the B582 (82).

Collisions in Blaby and Whetstone on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA426223282432
2ndB5828210005
3rdA5096232804

Council area for Blaby and Whetstone

Blaby and Whetstone is in Blaby, where police recorded 13,115 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Blaby and Whetstone accounts for 7.7% of them.

Postcode district for Blaby and Whetstone

Of the 1,017 collisions in Blaby and Whetstone, 1,015 (99.8%) were in the LE8 postcode district.