Skip to main content
CrashStats

Horncastle road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 561 road traffic collisions in Horncastle, East Lindsey, from 1979 to 2025, and 722 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 92 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
561
1,085th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
722
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
7 people killed
Serious collisions
92
105 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Horncastle

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.1%
  • Serious9216%
  • Slight46383%

What the data shows

  • Horncastle had 87 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 140 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Horncastle were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 127 children under 16 were killed or injured in Horncastle, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Horncastle.

Where Horncastle ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,085th
Most casualties
1,081st
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,202nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday79 (14%)
  • Tuesday74 (13%)
  • Wednesday65 (12%)
  • Thursday87 (16%)
  • Friday115 (20%)
  • Saturday88 (16%)
  • Sunday53 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight452 (81%)
  • Dark, street lights lit95 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway536 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road16 (2.9%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.4%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph406 (72%)
  • 40 mph120 (21%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph32 (5.7%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds460 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds49 (8.7%)
  • Fog or mist8 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other11 (2%)
  • Not recorded16 (2.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant342 (47%)
  • Pedestrian151 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist99 (14%)
  • Cyclist84 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant20 (2.8%)
  • Van occupant14 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.7%)
  • Mobility scooter rider3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Horncastle road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Horncastle, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Horncastle peaked at 27 in 2004; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251014
20241013
202388
202255
202166
202055
20191315
201889
2017811
20161415
20151012
20141116
20131722
20121925
20111619
20101122
20091417
20081212
20071215
20061826
20051216
20042747
20031319
20021010
200166
20001416
199966
19981112
19971824
1996912
19951214
19941012
1993810
19921216
19911317
1990610
19891319
19881920
19871619
19861116
19851723
19841221
198356
19821012
19811113
19801215
19792124

Map of recent crashes in Horncastle

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Horncastle

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Horncastle

The 24 most recent collisions in Horncastle happened between 30 June 2023 and 25 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Horncastle

The A158 has the most collisions in Horncastle, 205 of 561 (37%), followed by the A153 (174).

Collisions in Horncastle on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA158205306142
2ndA153174216327
3rdB1191263003

Council area for Horncastle

Horncastle is in East Lindsey, where police recorded 24,059 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Horncastle accounts for 2.3% of them.

Postcode district for Horncastle

All 561 collisions in Horncastle were in the LN9 postcode district.