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Earl Shilton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 681 road traffic collisions in Earl Shilton, Hinckley and Bosworth, from 1979 to 2025, and 843 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 120 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
681
964th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
843
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
120
126 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Earl Shilton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71%
  • Serious12018%
  • Slight55481%

What the data shows

  • Earl Shilton had 41 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 97 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Earl Shilton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 168 children under 16 were killed or injured in Earl Shilton, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Earl Shilton.

Where Earl Shilton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
964th
Most casualties
975th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,009th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday106 (16%)
  • Tuesday96 (14%)
  • Wednesday84 (12%)
  • Thursday117 (17%)
  • Friday119 (17%)
  • Saturday91 (13%)
  • Sunday68 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight503 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit172 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway663 (97%)
  • Roundabout17 (2.5%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph674 (99%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph2 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds541 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds80 (12%)
  • Fog or mist7 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Other16 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded19 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant357 (42%)
  • Pedestrian179 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist170 (20%)
  • Cyclist103 (12%)
  • Van occupant12 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Earl Shilton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Earl Shilton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Earl Shilton peaked at 28 in 1980; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
202477
202322
202244
202122
202056
201900
2018813
201744
201633
201567
201466
20131011
2012810
2011916
20101012
20091318
20081012
20071114
20061420
20051522
20042437
20031419
20022633
20012330
20002736
19992027
19982228
19972128
19961723
19951821
19942124
19931819
19921819
19912124
19902332
19892126
19881720
19871719
19861212
198588
19842324
19832530
19821519
19812630
19802833
19792326

Map of recent crashes in Earl Shilton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Earl Shilton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Earl Shilton

The 24 most recent collisions in Earl Shilton happened between 22 June 2020 and 23 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Earl Shilton

The A47 has the most collisions in Earl Shilton, 378 of 681 (56%), followed by the B5364 (39).

Collisions in Earl Shilton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA47378477570
2ndB5364394609
3rdB5816700

Council area for Earl Shilton

Earl Shilton is in Hinckley and Bosworth, where police recorded 12,804 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Earl Shilton accounts for 5.3% of them.

Postcode district for Earl Shilton

All 681 collisions in Earl Shilton were in the LE9 postcode district.