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Oakham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 670 road traffic collisions in Oakham, Rutland, from 1979 to 2025, and 760 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 96 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
670
973rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
760
1.13 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
96
105 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Oakham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71%
  • Serious9614%
  • Slight56785%

What the data shows

  • Oakham had 39 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 89 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Oakham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 134 children under 16 were killed or injured in Oakham, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Oakham.

Where Oakham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
973rd
Most casualties
1,044th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,170th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday92 (14%)
  • Tuesday106 (16%)
  • Wednesday91 (14%)
  • Thursday96 (14%)
  • Friday131 (20%)
  • Saturday93 (14%)
  • Sunday61 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight526 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit129 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway634 (95%)
  • Roundabout30 (4.5%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (0.7%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph628 (94%)
  • 40 mph21 (3.1%)
  • 60 mph19 (2.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds556 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds72 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Other9 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded15 (2.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant231 (30%)
  • Pedestrian193 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist162 (21%)
  • Cyclist158 (21%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Oakham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Oakham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Oakham peaked at 30 in 1992; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202422
202346
202211
202144
202033
201944
201847
201778
201678
201577
201489
201368
201289
20111212
201023
20091415
20081214
200799
20061112
20051820
2004911
20031316
20021313
20011617
20001617
19992836
19982022
19971516
19962430
19951214
19941823
19932223
19923037
19911819
19902832
19893032
19882224
19872729
19862323
19851618
19842426
19832733
19821921
19811921
19801926
19791617

Map of recent crashes in Oakham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Oakham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Oakham

The 24 most recent collisions in Oakham happened between 6 July 2018 and 1 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Oakham

The A606 has the most collisions in Oakham, 236 of 670 (35%), followed by the B668 (74).

Collisions in Oakham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA606236277433
2ndB6687481114
3rdA6003243502

Council area for Oakham

Oakham is in Rutland, where police recorded 5,484 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Oakham accounts for 12% of them.

Postcode district for Oakham

All 670 collisions in Oakham were in the LE15 postcode district.