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Thrapston road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 257 road traffic collisions in Thrapston, North Northamptonshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 332 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 71 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
257
1,701st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
332
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
71
86 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Thrapston

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.9%
  • Serious7128%
  • Slight18170%

What the data shows

  • Thrapston had 30 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 25% fewer than the 40 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in Thrapston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 64 children under 16 were killed or injured in Thrapston, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Thrapston.

Where Thrapston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,701st
Most casualties
1,705th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,420th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday29 (11%)
  • Tuesday35 (14%)
  • Wednesday50 (19%)
  • Thursday45 (18%)
  • Friday44 (17%)
  • Saturday31 (12%)
  • Sunday23 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight179 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit64 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (2.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway221 (86%)
  • Roundabout28 (11%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.9%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph190 (74%)
  • 40 mph34 (13%)
  • 60 mph30 (12%)
  • 70 mph3 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds216 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds21 (8.2%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (2.3%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Other2 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant169 (51%)
  • Pedestrian63 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist55 (17%)
  • Cyclist28 (8.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant7 (2.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Thrapston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Thrapston, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Thrapston peaked at 11 in 2004; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202444
202333
202233
202134
202024
201947
201822
201711
201633
2015510
201434
201333
201278
201144
201033
200911
200879
200733
200645
200557
20041116
2003711
2002810
2001710
200056
199933
1998612
199769
1996913
199512
199433
199379
199244
199188
1990811
1989810
19881012
1987812
1986812
1985910
198489
1983812
1982810
198144
198099
1979912

Map of recent crashes in Thrapston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Thrapston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Thrapston

The 24 most recent collisions in Thrapston happened between 18 February 2019 and 13 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Thrapston

The A605 has the most collisions in Thrapston, 70 of 257 (27%), followed by the A604 (48).

Collisions in Thrapston on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6057088117
2ndA6044865314
3rdA143302

Council area for Thrapston

Thrapston is in North Northamptonshire, where police recorded 36,605 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Thrapston accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode districts in Thrapston

Collisions in Thrapston were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by NN14 (247) and NN16 (10).