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Hockliffe road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 128 road traffic collisions in Hockliffe, Central Bedfordshire, from 1981 to 2025, and 180 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 23 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1981
128
2,493rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
180
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
23
26 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hockliffe

Collisions by severity, 1981 to 2025

  • Fatal10.8%
  • Serious2318%
  • Slight10481%

What the data shows

  • Hockliffe had 39 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 8% more than the 36 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Hockliffe were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 4 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hockliffe, 2.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Hockliffe.

Where Hockliffe ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,493rd
Most casualties
2,421st
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,610th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday13 (10%)
  • Tuesday17 (13%)
  • Wednesday18 (14%)
  • Thursday20 (16%)
  • Friday19 (15%)
  • Saturday25 (20%)
  • Sunday16 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight92 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit29 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (4.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway124 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph29 (23%)
  • 40 mph76 (59%)
  • 60 mph22 (17%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds101 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.3%)
  • Fog or mist3 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other2 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant121 (67%)
  • Motorcyclist29 (16%)
  • Van occupant11 (6.1%)
  • Pedestrian8 (4.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (2.8%)
  • Cyclist3 (1.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hockliffe road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hockliffe, 1981 to 2025

Collisions in Hockliffe peaked at 8 in 2017; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202457
202322
202244
202155
202022
2019710
201857
2017812
201612
201544
201422
201357
201223
201123
201067
200957
200848
200757
200611
200545
200422
200336
200211
200123
200048
199955
199811
199725
199612
199522
199422
199311
199211
199111
199012
198924
198823
198735
198600
198533
198400
198300
198235
1981713

Map of recent crashes in Hockliffe

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hockliffe

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hockliffe

The 24 most recent collisions in Hockliffe happened between 9 July 2019 and 20 August 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hockliffe

The A5 has the most collisions in Hockliffe, 110 of 128 (86%), followed by the A4012 (5).

Collisions in Hockliffe on each road, 1981 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5110155119
2ndA40125701

Council area for Hockliffe

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

Postcode district for Hockliffe

All 128 collisions in Hockliffe were in the LU7 postcode district.