Skip to main content
CrashStats

Thurmaston road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 832 road traffic collisions in Thurmaston, Charnwood, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,092 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 16 were fatal and 142 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
832
859th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,092
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
16
16 people killed
Serious collisions
142
163 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Thurmaston

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal161.9%
  • Serious14217%
  • Slight67481%

What the data shows

  • Thurmaston had 75 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 150 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Thurmaston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 187 children under 16 were killed or injured in Thurmaston, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Thurmaston.

Where Thurmaston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
859th
Most casualties
840th
Most fatal collisions
588th
Most serious collisions
897th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday118 (14%)
  • Tuesday135 (16%)
  • Wednesday119 (14%)
  • Thursday115 (14%)
  • Friday136 (16%)
  • Saturday110 (13%)
  • Sunday99 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight609 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit214 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway500 (60%)
  • Dual carriageway270 (32%)
  • Roundabout59 (7.1%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph13 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph560 (67%)
  • 40 mph102 (12%)
  • 50 mph28 (3.4%)
  • 60 mph18 (2.2%)
  • 70 mph111 (13%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds648 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds100 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other31 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded19 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant628 (58%)
  • Pedestrian169 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist129 (12%)
  • Cyclist113 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant17 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant16 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Thurmaston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Thurmaston, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Thurmaston peaked at 35 in 2001; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
20241012
202379
202268
2021917
202045
201958
20181012
2017811
20161111
20151820
20141518
20132024
2012912
20111320
20102030
20091116
20081112
20071723
20061620
20052026
20042234
20031925
20022531
20013548
20002228
19991725
19982127
19971216
19961618
19952327
19942225
19932030
19921924
19912438
19902734
19893239
19882633
19872445
19862532
19851520
19843040
19831920
19822125
19812126
19802530
19792533

Map of recent crashes in Thurmaston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Thurmaston

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Thurmaston

The 24 most recent collisions in Thurmaston happened between 31 October 2022 and 17 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Thurmaston

The A607 has the most collisions in Thurmaston, 184 of 832 (22%), followed by the A46 (161).

Collisions in Thurmaston on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA607184283128
2ndA46161234944

Council area for Thurmaston

Thurmaston is in Charnwood, where police recorded 18,548 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Thurmaston accounts for 4.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Thurmaston

Collisions in Thurmaston were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by LE4 (820) and LE7 (12).