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Cosby road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 155 road traffic collisions in Cosby, Blaby, from 1979 to 2025, and 184 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 20 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
155
2,228th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
184
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
20
20 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cosby

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.6%
  • Serious2013%
  • Slight13486%

What the data shows

  • Cosby had 8 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 67% fewer than the 24 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Cosby were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 35 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cosby, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Cosby.

Where Cosby ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,228th
Most casualties
2,388th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,720th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday24 (15%)
  • Tuesday17 (11%)
  • Wednesday20 (13%)
  • Thursday21 (14%)
  • Friday35 (23%)
  • Saturday20 (13%)
  • Sunday18 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight111 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit43 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway153 (99%)
  • Roundabout2 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph149 (96%)
  • 60 mph6 (3.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds128 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (8.4%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other5 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (2.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant86 (47%)
  • Pedestrian37 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist34 (18%)
  • Cyclist23 (13%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.5%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cosby road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cosby, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cosby peaked at 9 in 1986; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202300
202200
202100
202000
201900
201825
201745
201612
201511
201422
201333
201200
201111
201011
200944
200833
200755
200645
200545
2004610
200322
200211
200122
200000
199933
199857
199756
199689
199546
199455
199311
199277
199178
199022
198955
198855
1987711
1986912
198522
198455
198367
198222
198166
198068
197989

Map of recent crashes in Cosby

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cosby

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cosby

The 24 most recent collisions in Cosby happened between 29 November 2007 and 19 October 2024.

Severity

Council area for Cosby

Cosby is in Blaby, where police recorded 13,115 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cosby accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Cosby

All 155 collisions in Cosby were in the LE9 postcode district.