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Hartford road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1980
451
1,229th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
594
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
62
72 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hartford

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal40.9%
  • Serious6214%
  • Slight38585%

What the data shows

  • Hartford had 39 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 71 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Hartford were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 85 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hartford, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Hartford.

Where Hartford ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,229th
Most casualties
1,204th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,551st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday75 (17%)
  • Tuesday73 (16%)
  • Wednesday73 (16%)
  • Thursday62 (14%)
  • Friday71 (16%)
  • Saturday59 (13%)
  • Sunday38 (8.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight336 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit88 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit19 (4.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway393 (87%)
  • One way street or slip road22 (4.9%)
  • Roundabout19 (4.2%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph274 (61%)
  • 40 mph141 (31%)
  • 60 mph23 (5.1%)
  • 70 mph10 (2.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds359 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds64 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant363 (61%)
  • Motorcyclist85 (14%)
  • Cyclist78 (13%)
  • Pedestrian56 (9.4%)
  • Van occupant5 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hartford road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hartford, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Hartford peaked at 20 in 1984; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202455
202311
202244
202158
202046
201935
201857
201767
201667
201544
201456
201379
20121112
201177
201078
2009811
2008816
200778
200677
20051622
20041316
20031114
20021013
20011933
20001416
19991121
19981723
19971112
19961933
19951321
19941111
19931011
1992817
19911522
1990912
19891621
19881215
19871619
19861112
19851619
19842025
19831012
19821313
19811314
198079

Map of recent crashes in Hartford

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hartford

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hartford

The 24 most recent collisions in Hartford happened between 20 November 2018 and 16 December 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hartford

The A559 has the most collisions in Hartford, 231 of 451 (51%), followed by the B5153 (84).

Collisions in Hartford on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA559231295133
2ndB515384124213
3rdA556132812

Council area for Hartford

Hartford is in Cheshire West and Chester, where police recorded 52,656 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hartford accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Hartford

All 451 collisions in Hartford were in the CW8 postcode district.