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Rucklers Lane road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 105 road traffic collisions in Rucklers Lane, Dacorum, from 1979 to 2025, and 132 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 23 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 1 May 2023.

Collisions since 1979
105
2,760th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
132
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
23
24 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
1 May 2023
Busiest year
1979
12 collisions

Road collision statistics for Rucklers Lane

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.9%
  • Serious2322%
  • Slight8076%

What the data shows

  • Rucklers Lane had 2 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 80% fewer than the 10 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Rucklers Lane were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Rucklers Lane are between 6am and 9am, with 21% of collisions.
  • 18 children under 16 were killed or injured in Rucklers Lane, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Rucklers Lane ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,760th
Most casualties
2,792nd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,610th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (13%)
  • Tuesday20 (19%)
  • Wednesday16 (15%)
  • Thursday15 (14%)
  • Friday18 (17%)
  • Saturday14 (13%)
  • Sunday8 (7.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight80 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit19 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (3.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway102 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph94 (90%)
  • 40 mph8 (7.6%)
  • 60 mph3 (2.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds84 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (12%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (2.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (1%)
  • Other2 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant74 (56%)
  • Motorcyclist33 (25%)
  • Pedestrian12 (9.1%)
  • Cyclist8 (6.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Rucklers Lane road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rucklers Lane, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Rucklers Lane peaked at 12 in 1979; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202313
202200
202100
202000
201900
201800
201700
201611
201522
201400
201311
201235
201100
201000
200900
200822
200712
200612
200522
200411
200345
200223
200122
200013
199945
199800
199747
199600
199535
199411
199322
199200
199133
199011
198967
198811
198733
198646
198511
198467
198345
198278
1981910
19801011
19791215

Map of recent crashes in Rucklers Lane

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Rucklers Lane

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Rucklers Lane

The 24 most recent collisions in Rucklers Lane happened between 19 May 2000 and 1 May 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Rucklers Lane

The A41 has the most collisions in Rucklers Lane, 60 of 105 (57%), followed by the A4251 (13).

Collisions in Rucklers Lane on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA416071216
2ndA4251132103

Council area for Rucklers Lane

Rucklers Lane is in Dacorum, where police recorded 20,193 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Rucklers Lane accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Rucklers Lane

Collisions in Rucklers Lane were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by WD4 (98) and HP3 (7).