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Swineshead road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 113 road traffic collisions in Swineshead, Boston, from 1979 to 2025, and 172 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 23 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
113
2,656th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
172
1.52 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
23
25 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Swineshead

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal43.5%
  • Serious2320%
  • Slight8676%

What the data shows

  • Swineshead had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% more than the 15 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Swineshead were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 21 children under 16 were killed or injured in Swineshead, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Swineshead.

Where Swineshead ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,656th
Most casualties
2,480th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
2,610th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (12%)
  • Tuesday13 (12%)
  • Wednesday13 (12%)
  • Thursday15 (13%)
  • Friday23 (20%)
  • Saturday21 (19%)
  • Sunday14 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight83 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (5.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway110 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.8%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph60 (53%)
  • 40 mph6 (5.3%)
  • 50 mph3 (2.7%)
  • 60 mph44 (39%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds90 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (5.3%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other2 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant117 (68%)
  • Motorcyclist19 (11%)
  • Cyclist8 (4.7%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (4.7%)
  • Pedestrian8 (4.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (1.7%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Swineshead road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Swineshead, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Swineshead peaked at 8 in 1990; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202412
202322
202223
202124
202000
201922
201858
201712
201636
201526
201411
201300
201211
201100
201022
200911
200823
200745
200622
200524
200423
200333
200245
2001712
200023
199946
199800
199744
199622
199511
199411
199326
199244
199111
1990812
198924
198833
198700
198611
198523
1984510
198358
198236
198133
1980412
197933

Map of recent crashes in Swineshead

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Swineshead

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 Swineshead

The 24 most recent collisions in Swineshead happened between 21 April 2012 and 13 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Swineshead

The A52 has the most collisions in Swineshead, 35 of 113 (31%), followed by the A17 (26).

Collisions in Swineshead on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA52356334
2ndA17264518
3rdB13915601

Council area for Swineshead

Swineshead is in Boston, where police recorded 10,894 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Swineshead accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Swineshead

All 113 collisions in Swineshead were in the PE20 postcode district.