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Desborough road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 402 road traffic collisions in Desborough, North Northamptonshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 505 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 110 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
402
1,300th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
505
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
110
121 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Desborough

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.2%
  • Serious11027%
  • Slight28771%

What the data shows

  • Desborough had 40 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 61 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in Desborough were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 121 children under 16 were killed or injured in Desborough, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Desborough.

Where Desborough ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,300th
Most casualties
1,315th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,079th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday64 (16%)
  • Tuesday67 (17%)
  • Wednesday53 (13%)
  • Thursday54 (13%)
  • Friday68 (17%)
  • Saturday50 (12%)
  • Sunday46 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight267 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit103 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (3.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway393 (98%)
  • Roundabout4 (1%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.7%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph297 (74%)
  • 40 mph57 (14%)
  • 60 mph45 (11%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds311 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds46 (11%)
  • Fog or mist10 (2.5%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1.5%)
  • Other10 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant235 (47%)
  • Motorcyclist90 (18%)
  • Pedestrian88 (17%)
  • Cyclist53 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant19 (3.8%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Desborough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Desborough, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Desborough peaked at 20 in 1988; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
202422
202358
202222
202144
202057
2019810
201834
201733
201611
201577
201455
2013910
201299
201155
201044
200922
20081114
200744
200658
2005827
2004911
200345
20021013
20011012
2000917
1999913
19981012
199778
199658
199578
1994910
1993912
19921719
199156
19901113
19891721
19882023
19871720
19861316
19851725
19841314
19831620
19821617
19811010
19801315
19791014

Map of recent crashes in Desborough

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Desborough

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Desborough

The 24 most recent collisions in Desborough happened between 13 May 2020 and 8 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Desborough

The A6 has the most collisions in Desborough, 128 of 402 (32%), followed by the B576 (30).

Collisions in Desborough on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6128199044
2ndB576304109
3rdB669111212

Council area for Desborough

Desborough is in North Northamptonshire, where police recorded 36,605 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Desborough accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Desborough

All 402 collisions in Desborough were in the NN14 postcode district.