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Higham Ferrers road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 471 road traffic collisions in Higham Ferrers, North Northamptonshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 575 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 130 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
471
1,203rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
575
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
130
146 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
15
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Higham Ferrers

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.8%
  • Serious13028%
  • Slight33772%

What the data shows

  • Higham Ferrers had 59 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 78 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Higham Ferrers were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 98 children under 16 were killed or injured in Higham Ferrers, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Higham Ferrers.

Where Higham Ferrers ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,203rd
Most casualties
1,230th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
954th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday52 (11%)
  • Tuesday79 (17%)
  • Wednesday70 (15%)
  • Thursday70 (15%)
  • Friday86 (18%)
  • Saturday72 (15%)
  • Sunday42 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight342 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit105 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown17 (3.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway403 (86%)
  • Roundabout44 (9.3%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (4%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph402 (85%)
  • 40 mph12 (2.5%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph32 (6.8%)
  • 70 mph21 (4.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds382 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds54 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other15 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant271 (47%)
  • Pedestrian109 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist99 (17%)
  • Cyclist67 (12%)
  • Van occupant13 (2.3%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Higham Ferrers road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Higham Ferrers, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Higham Ferrers peaked at 23 in 1985; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251215
202444
202366
202234
202188
202035
201966
201856
201744
201688
201555
201434
20131011
20121111
2011912
201079
200978
20081417
200767
200666
200568
200479
2003917
20021214
2001912
20001014
199999
1998916
19971314
19961519
1995913
19941315
19931113
199256
19911415
19901112
19891112
19881718
19872026
19862129
19852325
19841620
19831622
19821922
198178
19801012
19791219

Map of recent crashes in Higham Ferrers

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Higham Ferrers

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Higham Ferrers

The 24 most recent collisions in Higham Ferrers happened between 1 September 2022 and 5 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Higham Ferrers

The A6 has the most collisions in Higham Ferrers, 255 of 471 (54%), followed by the A45 (49).

Collisions in Higham Ferrers on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6255321477
2ndA454961011
3rdA5028424809
4thB645111404
5thA50063501

Council area for Higham Ferrers

Higham Ferrers is in North Northamptonshire, where police recorded 36,605 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Higham Ferrers accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode districts in Higham Ferrers

Collisions in Higham Ferrers were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by NN10 (424) and NN9 (47).