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Buntingford road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 283 road traffic collisions in Buntingford, East Hertfordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 345 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 67 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
283
1,611th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
345
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
8 people killed
Serious collisions
67
72 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Buntingford

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal72.5%
  • Serious6724%
  • Slight20974%

What the data shows

  • Buntingford had 41 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 11% more than the 37 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Buntingford were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 52 children under 16 were killed or injured in Buntingford, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Buntingford.

Where Buntingford ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,611th
Most casualties
1,662nd
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,470th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday42 (15%)
  • Tuesday44 (16%)
  • Wednesday38 (13%)
  • Thursday53 (19%)
  • Friday35 (12%)
  • Saturday38 (13%)
  • Sunday33 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight214 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit57 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (2.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway264 (93%)
  • Roundabout18 (6.4%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph200 (71%)
  • 40 mph34 (12%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph44 (16%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds234 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds31 (11%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other3 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (2.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant171 (50%)
  • Pedestrian68 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist67 (19%)
  • Cyclist28 (8.1%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Buntingford road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Buntingford, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Buntingford peaked at 14 in 1995; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202424
202355
202245
202155
202044
201944
201869
201711
201657
201522
201422
201322
20121113
201133
201057
200922
2008710
200723
200611
200544
200411
200377
200233
2001810
2000910
199968
1998710
199724
199655
19951417
199488
199379
199277
1991711
199033
19891010
198856
19871114
19861116
19851113
1984811
198389
19821214
19811215
19801319
197966

Map of recent crashes in Buntingford

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Buntingford

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Buntingford

The 24 most recent collisions in Buntingford happened between 6 February 2020 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Buntingford

The A10 has the most collisions in Buntingford, 97 of 283 (34%), followed by the B1038 (60).

Collisions in Buntingford on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1097124427
2ndB10386073017
3rdA507121804

Council area for Buntingford

Buntingford is in East Hertfordshire, where police recorded 17,489 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Buntingford accounts for 1.6% of them.

Postcode district for Buntingford

All 283 collisions in Buntingford were in the SG9 postcode district.