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Rothwell (North Northamptonshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 330 road traffic collisions in Rothwell, North Northamptonshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 384 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 68 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
330
1,467th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
384
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
68
73 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Rothwell

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.5%
  • Serious6821%
  • Slight25778%

What the data shows

  • Rothwell had 40 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 60 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Rothwell were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 91 children under 16 were killed or injured in Rothwell, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Rothwell.

Where Rothwell ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,467th
Most casualties
1,565th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,461st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday50 (15%)
  • Tuesday44 (13%)
  • Wednesday54 (16%)
  • Thursday62 (19%)
  • Friday48 (15%)
  • Saturday32 (9.7%)
  • Sunday40 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight245 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit78 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway313 (95%)
  • Roundabout9 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.5%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph312 (95%)
  • 60 mph17 (5.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds271 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds42 (13%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other4 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant151 (39%)
  • Pedestrian128 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist64 (17%)
  • Cyclist32 (8.3%)
  • Van occupant4 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Rothwell road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rothwell, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Rothwell peaked at 21 in 1979; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025711
202423
202366
202266
202145
202022
201933
201823
201722
201669
201555
201489
201355
201277
201133
201044
200968
200844
200788
20061012
2005911
200488
200355
200278
200168
20001315
199969
199835
199747
199611
199577
199466
199369
19921010
19911214
199088
19891518
198877
198789
19861215
19851316
19841518
198377
198256
198189
198088
19792125

Map of recent crashes in Rothwell

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Rothwell

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Rothwell

The 24 most recent collisions in Rothwell happened between 23 May 2021 and 3 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Rothwell

The A6 has the most collisions in Rothwell, 90 of 330 (27%), followed by the B576 (46).

Collisions in Rothwell on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA690104025
2ndB576465506
3rdB669101300

Council area for Rothwell

Rothwell is in North Northamptonshire, where police recorded 36,605 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Rothwell accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Rothwell

All 330 collisions in Rothwell were in the NN14 postcode district.