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Syston road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 850 road traffic collisions in Syston, Charnwood, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,010 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 140 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
850
844th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,010
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
140
151 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Syston

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal80.9%
  • Serious14016%
  • Slight70283%

What the data shows

  • Syston had 56 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 64% fewer than the 154 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Syston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 195 children under 16 were killed or injured in Syston, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Syston.

Where Syston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
844th
Most casualties
876th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
910th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday108 (13%)
  • Tuesday142 (17%)
  • Wednesday126 (15%)
  • Thursday119 (14%)
  • Friday170 (20%)
  • Saturday110 (13%)
  • Sunday75 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight612 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit231 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway747 (88%)
  • Roundabout80 (9.4%)
  • One way street or slip road19 (2.2%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph802 (94%)
  • 40 mph11 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph21 (2.5%)
  • 70 mph15 (1.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds654 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds127 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other22 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded18 (2.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant392 (39%)
  • Pedestrian222 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist182 (18%)
  • Cyclist168 (17%)
  • Van occupant23 (2.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Syston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Syston, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Syston peaked at 35 in 1988; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202578
202444
202355
202213
202155
2020611
201957
2018510
2017910
2016911
20152022
20141316
20131012
20121515
20111112
20101213
20092025
20081920
20071622
20061824
20051922
20041216
20031621
20021416
20012328
20002026
19991920
19982427
19971725
19962729
19953443
19942230
19931721
19922123
19912327
19902327
19892830
19883541
19873031
19862125
19853031
19843233
19832829
19822332
19812429
19802837
19793036

Map of recent crashes in Syston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Syston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Syston

The 24 most recent collisions in Syston happened between 31 October 2020 and 23 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Syston

The A607 has the most collisions in Syston, 226 of 850 (27%), followed by the A46 (20).

Collisions in Syston on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA607226270459
2ndA46203002
3rdB6670192104
4thB6737800
5thB6673300

Council area for Syston

Syston is in Charnwood, where police recorded 18,548 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Syston accounts for 4.6% of them.

Postcode district for Syston

All 850 collisions in Syston were in the LE7 postcode district.