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Henlow road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 131 road traffic collisions in Henlow, Central Bedfordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 156 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 25 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
131
2,460th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
156
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
25
25 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Henlow

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2519%
  • Slight10681%

What the data shows

  • Henlow had 24 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 11% fewer than the 27 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Henlow were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 20 children under 16 were killed or injured in Henlow, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Henlow.

Where Henlow ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,460th
Most casualties
2,619th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,540th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (15%)
  • Tuesday20 (15%)
  • Wednesday19 (15%)
  • Thursday26 (20%)
  • Friday23 (18%)
  • Saturday12 (9.2%)
  • Sunday11 (8.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight85 (65%)
  • Dark, street lights lit40 (31%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (3.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway111 (85%)
  • Roundabout19 (15%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph116 (89%)
  • 40 mph6 (4.6%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph7 (5.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds107 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds12 (9.2%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (3.1%)
  • Fog or mist3 (2.3%)
  • Other5 (3.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant79 (51%)
  • Cyclist28 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist26 (17%)
  • Pedestrian18 (12%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Henlow road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Henlow, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Henlow peaked at 7 in 1987; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202345
202222
202111
202023
201955
201867
201711
201611
201522
201422
201300
201256
201144
201022
200922
200845
200756
200611
200546
200423
200312
200212
200144
200057
199911
199800
199722
199633
199522
199422
199346
199233
199123
199056
198958
198833
198777
198622
198533
198445
198346
198246
198111
198033
197933

Map of recent crashes in Henlow

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Henlow

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Henlow

The 24 most recent collisions in Henlow happened between 28 January 2016 and 30 January 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Henlow

The A6001 has the most collisions in Henlow, 66 of 131 (50%), followed by the B659 (23).

Collisions in Henlow on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA60016680013
2ndB659232404
3rdA507182405

Council area for Henlow

Henlow is in Central Bedfordshire, where police recorded 39,453 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Henlow accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Henlow

All 131 collisions in Henlow were in the SG16 postcode district.