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Kirton (Boston) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 371 road traffic collisions in Kirton, Boston, from 1979 to 2025, and 468 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 51 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
371
1,368th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
468
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
2 people killed
Serious collisions
51
54 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Kirton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.3%
  • Serious5114%
  • Slight31986%

What the data shows

  • Kirton had 79 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 15% fewer than the 93 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Kirton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 72 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kirton, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Kirton.

Where Kirton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,368th
Most casualties
1,382nd
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,714th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday48 (13%)
  • Tuesday56 (15%)
  • Wednesday51 (14%)
  • Thursday57 (15%)
  • Friday69 (19%)
  • Saturday38 (10%)
  • Sunday52 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight265 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit86 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (1.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway329 (89%)
  • Roundabout21 (5.7%)
  • Dual carriageway11 (3%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph249 (67%)
  • 40 mph23 (6.2%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph89 (24%)
  • 70 mph7 (1.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds285 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds42 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other16 (4.3%)
  • Not recorded10 (2.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant237 (51%)
  • Motorcyclist73 (16%)
  • Cyclist68 (15%)
  • Pedestrian58 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (2.1%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kirton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kirton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Kirton peaked at 15 in 2007; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
20241114
2023811
202289
20211113
202077
2019913
20181014
201744
201656
2015713
20141113
20131212
20121217
201199
2010915
200934
200877
20071517
2006810
200589
2004810
200378
20021013
200167
200077
199989
19981115
199788
199645
1995910
199446
1993610
199244
199167
199079
198944
19881011
19871215
19861010
198568
1984814
198388
198267
198168
198078
1979923

Map of recent crashes in Kirton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kirton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kirton

The 24 most recent collisions in Kirton happened between 24 January 2023 and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kirton

The A16 has the most collisions in Kirton, 125 of 371 (34%), followed by the B1397 (102).

Collisions in Kirton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA16125171117
2ndB1397102123016
3rdB1192131601

Council area for Kirton

Kirton is in Boston, where police recorded 10,894 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kirton accounts for 3.4% of them.

Postcode district for Kirton

All 371 collisions in Kirton were in the PE20 postcode district.