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Flitwick road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 680 road traffic collisions in Flitwick, Central Bedfordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 849 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 118 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
680
965th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
849
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
10 people killed
Serious collisions
118
124 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Flitwick

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.3%
  • Serious11817%
  • Slight55381%

What the data shows

  • Flitwick had 86 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 14% fewer than the 100 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Flitwick were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 151 children under 16 were killed or injured in Flitwick, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Flitwick.

Where Flitwick ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
965th
Most casualties
970th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,023rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday93 (14%)
  • Tuesday101 (15%)
  • Wednesday95 (14%)
  • Thursday105 (15%)
  • Friday119 (18%)
  • Saturday103 (15%)
  • Sunday64 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight514 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit155 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway633 (93%)
  • Roundabout41 (6%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.3%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph599 (88%)
  • 40 mph31 (4.6%)
  • 60 mph43 (6.3%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds562 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds69 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (2.1%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other17 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant408 (48%)
  • Pedestrian163 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist149 (18%)
  • Cyclist92 (11%)
  • Van occupant21 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Flitwick road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Flitwick, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Flitwick peaked at 33 in 1984; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
2024810
20231117
20221011
202178
20201117
2019810
201889
20171112
201667
201547
20141720
201344
20121010
20111621
20101013
200966
20081720
2007810
2006815
20051823
20041923
20031015
20022125
20012024
20001929
19991114
19981822
19972227
19961319
19951315
19941924
19931517
19921822
19911822
19902224
19891416
19881619
19872527
19862022
19852435
19843341
19831620
19821518
19811928
19801927
19791717

Map of recent crashes in Flitwick

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Flitwick

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Flitwick

The 24 most recent collisions in Flitwick happened between 14 February 2023 and 27 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Flitwick

The A5120 has the most collisions in Flitwick, 282 of 680 (41%), followed by the A507 (34).

Collisions in Flitwick on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5120282369556
2ndA507344314

Council area for Flitwick

Flitwick is in Central Bedfordshire, where police recorded 39,453 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Flitwick accounts for 1.7% of them.

Postcode district for Flitwick

All 680 collisions in Flitwick were in the MK45 postcode district.