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Bourne road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 851 road traffic collisions in Bourne, South Kesteven, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,033 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 119 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 15 collisions, up from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
851
842nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,033
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
12 people killed
Serious collisions
119
132 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
15
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
18
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bourne

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal111.3%
  • Serious11914%
  • Slight72185%

What the data shows

  • Bourne had 127 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 10% fewer than the 141 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Bourne were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 185 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bourne, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Bourne.

Where Bourne ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
842nd
Most casualties
867th
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
1,015th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday122 (14%)
  • Tuesday128 (15%)
  • Wednesday109 (13%)
  • Thursday150 (18%)
  • Friday162 (19%)
  • Saturday108 (13%)
  • Sunday72 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight645 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit166 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway812 (95%)
  • Roundabout28 (3.3%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.4%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph755 (89%)
  • 40 mph37 (4.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph52 (6.1%)
  • 70 mph6 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds689 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds90 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other20 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded22 (2.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant452 (44%)
  • Cyclist205 (20%)
  • Pedestrian194 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist140 (14%)
  • Van occupant17 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bourne road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bourne, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bourne peaked at 31 in 1998; 2025 had 15.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 15
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251518
2024811
20231417
202278
20211718
20201112
20191113
20181826
20171415
20161215
20151112
20141517
20131618
20121520
20111213
20101517
20091420
20081315
20071617
20061416
20052026
20042634
20032026
20021825
20012022
20001721
19991518
19983139
19971313
19962331
19951920
19942840
19932331
19921313
19912023
19902932
19892943
19881616
19872835
19861622
19852125
19843038
19833036
19822020
19811922
19802021
19791923

Map of recent crashes in Bourne

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bourne

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bourne

The 24 most recent collisions in Bourne happened between 13 December 2023 and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bourne

The A15 has the most collisions in Bourne, 349 of 851 (41%), followed by the A151 (201).

Collisions in Bourne on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA15349449452
2ndA151201235526

Council area for Bourne

Bourne is in South Kesteven, where police recorded 19,165 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bourne accounts for 4.4% of them.

Postcode district for Bourne

All 851 collisions in Bourne were in the PE10 postcode district.