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Hinckley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,940 road traffic collisions in Hinckley, Hinckley and Bosworth, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,877 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 49 were fatal and 554 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 28 collisions, down 20% on 2024 (35).

Collisions since 1979
3,940
262nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
4,877
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
49
58 people killed
Serious collisions
554
622 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
28
Down 20% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
28
Down 32% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Hinckley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal491.2%
  • Serious55414%
  • Slight3,33785%

What the data shows

  • Hinckley had 373 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 692 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Hinckley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 710 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hinckley, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Hinckley.

Where Hinckley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
262nd
Most casualties
273rd
Most fatal collisions
228th
Most serious collisions
306th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday543 (14%)
  • Tuesday608 (15%)
  • Wednesday551 (14%)
  • Thursday627 (16%)
  • Friday682 (17%)
  • Saturday562 (14%)
  • Sunday367 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,783 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,075 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting38 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown31 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit13 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,775 (96%)
  • Roundabout73 (1.9%)
  • One way street or slip road62 (1.6%)
  • Dual carriageway29 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph15 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph3,306 (84%)
  • 40 mph410 (10%)
  • 50 mph113 (2.9%)
  • 60 mph93 (2.4%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,097 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds498 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds73 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds51 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist20 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds18 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds8 (0.2%)
  • Other87 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded88 (2.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,312 (47%)
  • Pedestrian843 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist795 (16%)
  • Cyclist720 (15%)
  • Van occupant82 (1.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant30 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)27 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant26 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant19 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant14 (0.3%)
  • Other5 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hinckley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hinckley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hinckley peaked at 131 in 2000; 2025 had 28.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 28
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252828
20243541
20233949
20222933
20212026
20203037
20193438
20183950
20174560
20167493
20157082
20147596
20135264
20125258
20115976
20104958
20098295
200891113
200783113
200679105
2005100127
200488123
200377101
2002107122
2001115143
2000131167
1999126159
1998120158
1997100136
1996118151
1995112133
199488110
19938199
1992109132
199196114
1990120148
198985102
1988101133
1987102115
1986103114
1985106126
1984129158
1983108129
1982119148
1981108134
1980107126
1979119154

Map of recent crashes in Hinckley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hinckley

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hinckley

The 24 most recent collisions in Hinckley happened between 15 March and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hinckley

The A47 has the most collisions in Hinckley, 503 of 3,940 (13%), followed by the A447 (346).

Collisions in Hinckley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA475036461090
2ndA447346412465
3rdB590291352336
4thB4667209265117
5thB4666201275223
6thA5173253924
7thA5070169212536
8thB4109133173011
9thB466910914307
10thB578839717
11thB4668628405
12thB5402455037

Council area for Hinckley

Hinckley is in Hinckley and Bosworth, where police recorded 12,804 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hinckley accounts for 31% of them.

Postcode district for Hinckley

Of the 3,940 collisions in Hinckley, 3,939 (100%) were in the LE10 postcode district.