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Leominster road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 701 road traffic collisions in Leominster, Herefordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 860 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 137 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
701
945th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
860
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
137
155 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Leominster

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.3%
  • Serious13720%
  • Slight55579%

What the data shows

  • Leominster had 89 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 8% fewer than the 97 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Leominster were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 186 children under 16 were killed or injured in Leominster, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Leominster.

Where Leominster ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
945th
Most casualties
960th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
926th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday89 (13%)
  • Tuesday106 (15%)
  • Wednesday100 (14%)
  • Thursday111 (16%)
  • Friday132 (19%)
  • Saturday109 (16%)
  • Sunday54 (7.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight544 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit135 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (2.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway643 (92%)
  • One way street or slip road28 (4%)
  • Roundabout24 (3.4%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph605 (86%)
  • 40 mph74 (11%)
  • 60 mph19 (2.7%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds598 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds72 (10%)
  • Fog or mist7 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.9%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.7%)
  • Other6 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant389 (45%)
  • Pedestrian230 (27%)
  • Cyclist114 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist101 (12%)
  • Van occupant10 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Leominster road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Leominster, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Leominster peaked at 37 in 1987; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025912
202479
20231018
202278
202155
202055
2019913
20181313
201766
20161822
20151015
201449
20131216
20121111
2011911
201088
2009910
20081112
200777
20061620
20051314
20042125
20031921
20021427
20011423
20002938
19992326
19982538
19971822
19961115
19952830
19941819
19931212
19921821
19911617
19902427
19891414
19881720
19873743
19861619
19851625
19841821
19832425
19821724
19811720
19801926
19791718

Map of recent crashes in Leominster

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Leominster

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Leominster

The 24 most recent collisions in Leominster happened between 9 March 2023 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Leominster

The A44 has the most collisions in Leominster, 246 of 701 (35%), followed by the B4361 (104).

Collisions in Leominster on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA44246320251
2ndB4361104123413
3rdA496272011
4thB452981300

Council area for Leominster

Leominster is in Herefordshire, where police recorded 24,794 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Leominster accounts for 2.8% of them.

Postcode district for Leominster

All 701 collisions in Leominster were in the HR6 postcode district.