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Irchester road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 232 road traffic collisions in Irchester, North Northamptonshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 284 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 63 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
232
1,794th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
284
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
63
73 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Irchester

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal73%
  • Serious6327%
  • Slight16270%

What the data shows

  • Irchester had 24 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 38 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in Irchester were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 45 children under 16 were killed or injured in Irchester, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Irchester.

Where Irchester ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,794th
Most casualties
1,871st
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,534th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (12%)
  • Tuesday34 (15%)
  • Wednesday34 (15%)
  • Thursday33 (14%)
  • Friday41 (18%)
  • Saturday34 (15%)
  • Sunday29 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight160 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit58 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway226 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (2.2%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph227 (98%)
  • 60 mph5 (2.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds179 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (15%)
  • Fog or mist5 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Other4 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant156 (55%)
  • Pedestrian55 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist47 (17%)
  • Cyclist18 (6.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.1%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Irchester road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Irchester, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Irchester peaked at 13 in 1986; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202422
202323
202258
202111
202033
201933
201835
201711
201622
201523
201423
201367
201200
201146
201023
200956
200835
2007711
200677
200555
200436
200333
200256
200155
200044
199935
199878
1997812
199633
19951011
199456
199355
199268
199145
199067
198989
198889
198733
19861317
1985913
19841010
1983910
198289
19811216
198077
197911

Map of recent crashes in Irchester

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Irchester

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Irchester

The 24 most recent collisions in Irchester happened between 28 July 2016 and 1 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Irchester

The B569 has the most collisions in Irchester, 160 of 232 (69%), followed by the B570 (25).

Collisions in Irchester on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB569160203540
2ndB570253027

Council area for Irchester

Irchester is in North Northamptonshire, where police recorded 36,605 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Irchester accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Irchester

All 232 collisions in Irchester were in the NN29 postcode district.