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Louth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,555 road traffic collisions in Louth, East Lindsey, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,885 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 286 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 24 collisions, up from 17 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,555
548th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,885
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
286
312 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
24
17 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
26
Up 30% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Louth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal80.5%
  • Serious28618%
  • Slight1,26181%

What the data shows

  • Louth had 222 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 25% fewer than the 295 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Louth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 325 children under 16 were killed or injured in Louth, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Louth.

Where Louth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
548th
Most casualties
568th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
526th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday246 (16%)
  • Tuesday224 (14%)
  • Wednesday247 (16%)
  • Thursday235 (15%)
  • Friday263 (17%)
  • Saturday206 (13%)
  • Sunday134 (8.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,224 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit297 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,337 (86%)
  • One way street or slip road144 (9.3%)
  • Roundabout49 (3.2%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded15 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph1,409 (91%)
  • 40 mph11 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph117 (7.5%)
  • 70 mph17 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,311 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds117 (7.5%)
  • Fine with high winds31 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds14 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist11 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other32 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded26 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant728 (39%)
  • Pedestrian422 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist325 (17%)
  • Cyclist301 (16%)
  • Bus or coach occupant40 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant28 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant14 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (0.6%)
  • Mobility scooter rider6 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.3%)
  • Other4 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Louth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Louth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Louth peaked at 56 in 1985; 2025 had 24.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 24
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252426
20241720
20231922
20221313
20212429
20201821
20193237
20182629
20172633
20162326
20152229
20142431
20132730
20122633
20113440
20103548
20094147
20082934
20072932
20062829
20052430
20043238
20034556
20024653
20014045
20002738
19993944
19983853
19972529
19962934
19953237
19943368
19933138
19923243
19913537
19905160
19894148
19884957
19874752
19863441
19855673
19844148
19834053
19825057
19814250
19803949
19794045

Map of recent crashes in Louth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Louth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Louth

The 24 most recent collisions in Louth happened between 1 January and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Louth

The A16 has the most collisions in Louth, 146 of 1,555 (9.4%), followed by the B1200 (67).

Collisions in Louth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA16146248134
2ndB12006789012
3rdA157668909
4thB1520516909
5thA15391603

Council area for Louth

Louth is in East Lindsey, where police recorded 24,059 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Louth accounts for 6.5% of them.

Postcode district for Louth

All 1,555 collisions in Louth were in the LN11 postcode district.