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Leatherhead road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,520 road traffic collisions in Leatherhead, Mole Valley, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,821 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 246 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 25 collisions, up from 16 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,520
561st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,821
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
9 people killed
Serious collisions
246
259 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
25
16 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
27
18 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Leatherhead

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal80.5%
  • Serious24616%
  • Slight1,26683%

What the data shows

  • Leatherhead had 200 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 282 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Leatherhead were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 256 children under 16 were killed or injured in Leatherhead, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Leatherhead.

Where Leatherhead ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
561st
Most casualties
581st
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
602nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday234 (15%)
  • Tuesday247 (16%)
  • Wednesday235 (15%)
  • Thursday260 (17%)
  • Friday258 (17%)
  • Saturday152 (10%)
  • Sunday134 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,182 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit250 (16%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown42 (2.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting33 (2.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit13 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,216 (80%)
  • One way street or slip road126 (8.3%)
  • Roundabout93 (6.1%)
  • Dual carriageway46 (3%)
  • Not recorded39 (2.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph1,343 (88%)
  • 40 mph53 (3.5%)
  • 50 mph26 (1.7%)
  • 60 mph71 (4.7%)
  • 70 mph16 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,142 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds185 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds23 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds18 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.3%)
  • Other55 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded85 (5.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant830 (46%)
  • Cyclist327 (18%)
  • Pedestrian312 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist279 (15%)
  • Van occupant22 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)17 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant14 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Leatherhead road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Leatherhead, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Leatherhead peaked at 60 in 1980; 2025 had 25.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 25
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252527
20241618
20232125
20222225
20211416
20201423
20192122
20181515
20172425
20162834
20152526
20143134
20133032
20122837
20113444
20103240
20092128
20083040
20072335
20062835
20052937
20042337
20032632
20023745
20012635
20002326
19993545
19984255
19973446
19964455
19952933
19943442
19933948
19922730
19914145
19904047
19894350
19883947
19874349
19863639
19854450
19844044
19834749
19824556
19815969
19806069
19795360

Map of recent crashes in Leatherhead

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Leatherhead

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Leatherhead

The 24 most recent collisions in Leatherhead happened between 7 January and 13 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Leatherhead

The A245 has the most collisions in Leatherhead, 387 of 1,520 (25%), followed by the B2430 (188).

Collisions in Leatherhead on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA245387441154
2ndB2430188236229
3rdB2122157199128
4thA243143158227
5thA2470102118
6thB2033445009
7thA2012374305
8thB2450324808
9thA24491504
10thM255801

Council area for Leatherhead

Leatherhead is in Mole Valley, where police recorded 18,022 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Leatherhead accounts for 8.4% of them.

Postcode district for Leatherhead

All 1,520 collisions in Leatherhead were in the KT22 postcode district.