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Spalding road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,739 road traffic collisions in Spalding, South Holland, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,209 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 26 were fatal and 369 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 44 collisions, up 16% on 2024 (38).

Collisions since 1979
2,739
358th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,209
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
26
26 people killed
Serious collisions
369
395 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
44
Up 16% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
53
Up 10% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Spalding

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal260.9%
  • Serious36913%
  • Slight2,34486%

What the data shows

  • Spalding had 478 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 11% fewer than the 537 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Spalding were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 559 children under 16 were killed or injured in Spalding, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Spalding.

Where Spalding ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
358th
Most casualties
382nd
Most fatal collisions
390th
Most serious collisions
431st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday407 (15%)
  • Tuesday408 (15%)
  • Wednesday388 (14%)
  • Thursday427 (16%)
  • Friday477 (17%)
  • Saturday386 (14%)
  • Sunday246 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,005 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit638 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown37 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting34 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit22 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,457 (90%)
  • Roundabout131 (4.8%)
  • One way street or slip road104 (3.8%)
  • Dual carriageway16 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded31 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph2,478 (90%)
  • 40 mph101 (3.7%)
  • 50 mph13 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph119 (4.3%)
  • 70 mph26 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,236 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds280 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds39 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds28 (1%)
  • Fog or mist20 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds16 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.2%)
  • Other42 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded72 (2.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,243 (39%)
  • Cyclist849 (26%)
  • Pedestrian553 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist459 (14%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant28 (0.9%)
  • Van occupant28 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)17 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.2%)
  • Other5 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Spalding road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Spalding, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Spalding peaked at 91 in 1982; 2025 had 44.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 44
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254453
20243848
20234650
20223240
20213942
20204048
20195469
20186275
20175972
20166477
20154354
20146881
20135874
20126174
20115060
20106681
20094146
20083948
20075470
20065766
20054252
20045461
20035465
20025762
20015062
20004760
19996981
19985366
19976575
19966882
19955768
19947175
19937180
19925463
19915763
19907585
19897478
19887886
19877894
19865260
19855360
19847989
19837885
198291108
19817080
19806979
19795862

Map of recent crashes in Spalding

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Spalding

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Spalding

The 24 most recent collisions in Spalding happened between 16 May and 10 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Spalding

The A151 has the most collisions in Spalding, 665 of 2,739 (24%), followed by the A16 (260).

Collisions in Spalding on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA151665785981
2ndA16260310840
3rdB1165151169019
4thB1356149183015
5thB1172100121114
6thB11738511506
7thA10736271010
8thA1106394116
9thB11803845110

Council area for Spalding

Spalding is in South Holland, where police recorded 13,496 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Spalding accounts for 20% of them.

Postcode districts in Spalding

Collisions in Spalding were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by PE11 (2,621) and PE12 (118).