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Ludlow road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 571 road traffic collisions in Ludlow, Shropshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 660 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 100 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
571
1,072nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
660
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
100
107 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ludlow

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.6%
  • Serious10018%
  • Slight46281%

What the data shows

  • Ludlow had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 101 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Ludlow were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 157 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ludlow, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Ludlow.

Where Ludlow ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,072nd
Most casualties
1,131st
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,149th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday89 (16%)
  • Tuesday74 (13%)
  • Wednesday90 (16%)
  • Thursday75 (13%)
  • Friday113 (20%)
  • Saturday76 (13%)
  • Sunday54 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight442 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit113 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (1.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway534 (94%)
  • One way street or slip road27 (4.7%)
  • Roundabout4 (0.7%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph507 (89%)
  • 40 mph46 (8.1%)
  • 60 mph10 (1.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds484 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds62 (11%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other10 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant243 (37%)
  • Pedestrian221 (33%)
  • Cyclist92 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist87 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.6%)
  • Van occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ludlow road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ludlow, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ludlow peaked at 22 in 1991; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
202455
202333
202255
202122
202044
201911
20181618
201744
201677
20151011
20141721
2013711
20121113
2011911
2010910
2009912
20081013
2007910
20061010
20051212
20041012
20031417
20021924
2001911
20001314
19991419
19982125
19971821
19961719
19951617
19941115
19931111
19921415
19912229
19901921
19892223
19881417
19871111
19861622
19851617
19841414
19831616
19821922
19811517
19801821
19791720

Map of recent crashes in Ludlow

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ludlow

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ludlow

The 24 most recent collisions in Ludlow happened between 16 January 2020 and 29 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ludlow

The B4361 has the most collisions in Ludlow, 113 of 571 (20%), followed by the A4117 (24).

Collisions in Ludlow on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4361113129221
2ndA4117243005
3rdA49202414
4thB436571002

Council area for Ludlow

Ludlow is in Shropshire, where police recorded 41,475 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ludlow accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode district for Ludlow

All 571 collisions in Ludlow were in the SY8 postcode district.