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Towcester road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 515 road traffic collisions in Towcester, West Northamptonshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 651 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 111 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
515
1,143rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
651
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
111
123 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Towcester

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.4%
  • Serious11122%
  • Slight39777%

What the data shows

  • Towcester had 75 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 17% more than the 64 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Towcester were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 109 children under 16 were killed or injured in Towcester, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Towcester.

Where Towcester ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,143rd
Most casualties
1,139th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,068th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday76 (15%)
  • Tuesday73 (14%)
  • Wednesday56 (11%)
  • Thursday71 (14%)
  • Friday111 (22%)
  • Saturday74 (14%)
  • Sunday54 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight391 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit99 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (3.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway470 (91%)
  • Roundabout26 (5%)
  • Dual carriageway16 (3.1%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph399 (77%)
  • 40 mph16 (3.1%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph78 (15%)
  • 70 mph17 (3.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds413 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds62 (12%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.8%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other9 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant316 (49%)
  • Motorcyclist139 (21%)
  • Pedestrian120 (18%)
  • Cyclist55 (8.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (1.4%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Towcester road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Towcester, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Towcester peaked at 26 in 1987; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202588
202469
202379
202267
202167
202078
20191015
201877
201777
20161112
201566
2014712
201377
2012810
201178
2010911
200944
200878
200744
200659
20051617
20041621
20031317
20021010
20011416
20001720
19991013
19981421
19971321
1996916
199555
199478
19931112
1992911
19911314
19901212
19891322
19881014
19872631
19862534
19851621
19841418
19831824
19821622
19811722
19801922
19791319

Map of recent crashes in Towcester

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Towcester

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Towcester

The 24 most recent collisions in Towcester happened between 2 August 2022 and 2 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Towcester

The A5 has the most collisions in Towcester, 218 of 515 (42%), followed by the A43 (70).

Collisions in Towcester on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5218268554
2ndA437097020

Council area for Towcester

Towcester is in West Northamptonshire, where police recorded 53,355 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Towcester accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Towcester

All 515 collisions in Towcester were in the NN12 postcode district.