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Skegness road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,799 road traffic collisions in Skegness, East Lindsey, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,697 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 18 were fatal and 369 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 46 collisions, down 27% on 2024 (63).

Collisions since 1979
2,799
353rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,697
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
18
18 people killed
Serious collisions
369
403 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
46
Down 27% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
57
Down 35% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Skegness

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal180.6%
  • Serious36913%
  • Slight2,41286%

What the data shows

  • Skegness had 455 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 20% fewer than the 568 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Skegness were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 565 children under 16 were killed or injured in Skegness, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Skegness.

Where Skegness ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
353rd
Most casualties
341st
Most fatal collisions
536th
Most serious collisions
431st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday383 (14%)
  • Tuesday341 (12%)
  • Wednesday393 (14%)
  • Thursday371 (13%)
  • Friday476 (17%)
  • Saturday459 (16%)
  • Sunday376 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,198 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit526 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting33 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown24 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit15 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,382 (85%)
  • One way street or slip road194 (6.9%)
  • Dual carriageway127 (4.5%)
  • Roundabout70 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded26 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph2,474 (88%)
  • 40 mph239 (8.5%)
  • 50 mph25 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph47 (1.7%)
  • 70 mph8 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,277 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds279 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds44 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds31 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist13 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other72 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded75 (2.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,938 (52%)
  • Pedestrian840 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist387 (10%)
  • Cyclist352 (9.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant54 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant41 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant34 (0.9%)
  • Van occupant31 (0.8%)
  • Mobility scooter rider11 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.1%)
  • Other5 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Skegness road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Skegness, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Skegness peaked at 90 in 2003; 2025 had 46.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 46
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254657
20246388
20234453
20223853
20213448
20203140
20196273
20183851
20175068
20164968
20155881
20145380
20136491
20125575
20115282
20106989
20095879
20084853
20075780
20065470
200577109
200475105
200390114
200284112
200176114
20005578
19996985
199872102
19975681
19966783
19956881
19945778
19936084
19926175
19915969
19905567
19896281
19885769
19875871
19865975
19855977
19846985
19835067
198282102
19816486
19806989
19796679

Map of recent crashes in Skegness

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Skegness

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Skegness

The 24 most recent collisions in Skegness happened between 2 August and 13 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Skegness

The A52 has the most collisions in Skegness, 811 of 2,799 (29%), followed by the B1451 (263).

Collisions in Skegness on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA528111,1438126
2ndB1451263342348
3rdA158247356238

Council area for Skegness

Skegness is in East Lindsey, where police recorded 24,059 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Skegness accounts for 12% of them.

Postcode districts in Skegness

Collisions in Skegness were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by PE25 (2,749) and PE24 (50).