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Irthlingborough road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 412 road traffic collisions in Irthlingborough, North Northamptonshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 536 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 125 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
412
1,288th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
536
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
125
160 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Irthlingborough

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal102.4%
  • Serious12530%
  • Slight27767%

What the data shows

  • Irthlingborough had 55 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 7% fewer than the 59 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in Irthlingborough were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 122 children under 16 were killed or injured in Irthlingborough, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Irthlingborough.

Where Irthlingborough ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,288th
Most casualties
1,275th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
976th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday57 (14%)
  • Tuesday56 (14%)
  • Wednesday55 (13%)
  • Thursday56 (14%)
  • Friday88 (21%)
  • Saturday64 (16%)
  • Sunday36 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight306 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit84 (20%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (2.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (1.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway389 (94%)
  • Roundabout17 (4.1%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (1%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1%)
  • 30 mph326 (79%)
  • 40 mph31 (7.5%)
  • 60 mph50 (12%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds347 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds39 (9.5%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other10 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant258 (48%)
  • Pedestrian120 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist101 (19%)
  • Cyclist42 (7.8%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Irthlingborough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Irthlingborough, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Irthlingborough peaked at 19 in 1987; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202588
202489
2023811
202223
2021810
202055
201944
201868
201723
201644
2015811
2014811
201347
201234
201100
2010714
200936
200844
20071316
2006914
20051011
200489
20031012
20021010
200144
200079
19991119
19981114
19971316
199645
19951315
19941419
199369
1992713
199158
19901216
19891314
1988710
19871924
1986814
19851823
19841619
19831718
19821422
19811825
19801414
1979912

Map of recent crashes in Irthlingborough

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Irthlingborough

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Irthlingborough

The 24 most recent collisions in Irthlingborough happened between 1 January 2023 and 9 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Irthlingborough

The B571 has the most collisions in Irthlingborough, 169 of 412 (41%), followed by the A6 (61).

Collisions in Irthlingborough on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB571169218148
2ndA661104424
3rdB53485260214

Council area for Irthlingborough

Irthlingborough is in North Northamptonshire, where police recorded 36,605 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Irthlingborough accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Irthlingborough

All 412 collisions in Irthlingborough were in the NN9 postcode district.