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Market Harborough road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,416 road traffic collisions in Market Harborough, Harborough, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,691 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 218 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,416
594th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,691
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
20 people killed
Serious collisions
218
236 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Market Harborough

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal201.4%
  • Serious21815%
  • Slight1,17883%

What the data shows

  • Market Harborough had 84 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 61% fewer than the 214 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Market Harborough were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 263 children under 16 were killed or injured in Market Harborough, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Market Harborough.

Where Market Harborough ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
594th
Most casualties
612th
Most fatal collisions
497th
Most serious collisions
671st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday212 (15%)
  • Tuesday224 (16%)
  • Wednesday213 (15%)
  • Thursday239 (17%)
  • Friday249 (18%)
  • Saturday154 (11%)
  • Sunday125 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,049 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit340 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting19 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,303 (92%)
  • Roundabout72 (5.1%)
  • One way street or slip road21 (1.5%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph29 (2%)
  • 30 mph1,256 (89%)
  • 40 mph49 (3.5%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph79 (5.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,141 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds160 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds24 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds19 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.3%)
  • Other30 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded26 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant748 (44%)
  • Pedestrian333 (20%)
  • Cyclist284 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist255 (15%)
  • Van occupant36 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)12 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Market Harborough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Market Harborough, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Market Harborough peaked at 65 in 1986; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202578
202488
202389
2022715
202133
202066
20191011
20181111
20171011
20161416
20152020
20142733
20131217
20122428
20111115
20103236
20091416
20082732
20072732
20062024
20052226
20042937
20033133
20023444
20013037
20002632
19993235
19983544
19972831
19962934
19953038
19942733
19934462
19923652
19913138
19905867
19894146
19885371
19875569
19866575
19855768
19844651
19835263
19825362
19815057
19806266
19796269

Map of recent crashes in Market Harborough

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Market Harborough

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Market Harborough

The 24 most recent collisions in Market Harborough happened between 1 November 2022 and 13 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Market Harborough

The A6 has the most collisions in Market Harborough, 213 of 1,416 (15%), followed by the A4304 (198).

Collisions in Market Harborough on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6213245542
2ndA4304198238123
3rdA427168224338
4thA508166196220
5thB53635970214
6thB60475265010
7thB4036445502

Council area for Market Harborough

Market Harborough is in Harborough, where police recorded 11,594 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Market Harborough accounts for 12% of them.

Postcode district for Market Harborough

All 1,416 collisions in Market Harborough were in the LE16 postcode district.