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Waltham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 417 road traffic collisions in Waltham, North East Lincolnshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 523 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 101 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
417
1,282nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
523
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
101
108 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Waltham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.2%
  • Serious10124%
  • Slight31175%

What the data shows

  • Waltham had 60 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 10% fewer than the 67 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Waltham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 81 children under 16 were killed or injured in Waltham, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Waltham.

Where Waltham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,282nd
Most casualties
1,291st
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,142nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday52 (12%)
  • Tuesday69 (17%)
  • Wednesday66 (16%)
  • Thursday63 (15%)
  • Friday55 (13%)
  • Saturday65 (16%)
  • Sunday47 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight321 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit77 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (3.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway393 (94%)
  • Roundabout22 (5.3%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph351 (84%)
  • 40 mph42 (10%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph23 (5.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds351 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds44 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant258 (49%)
  • Motorcyclist96 (18%)
  • Cyclist88 (17%)
  • Pedestrian55 (11%)
  • Van occupant11 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Waltham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Waltham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Waltham peaked at 19 in 1985; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025811
202477
202333
2022912
202155
202055
201977
2018910
201755
201622
201568
2014611
201345
201256
2011710
201022
2009611
20081019
20071215
2006910
2005811
2004711
2003915
2002915
20011014
20001219
199999
199877
19971012
19961010
19951014
19941214
19931111
19921014
199179
19901212
19891519
19881213
19871114
198600
19851924
19841414
19831516
19821416
19811214
19801319
19791213

Map of recent crashes in Waltham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Waltham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Waltham

The 24 most recent collisions in Waltham happened between 31 January 2022 and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Waltham

The B1203 has the most collisions in Waltham, 141 of 417 (34%), followed by the B1219 (21).

Collisions in Waltham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1203141181235
2ndB1219212707

Council area for Waltham

Waltham is in North East Lincolnshire, where police recorded 27,450 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Waltham accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Waltham

All 417 collisions in Waltham were in the DN37 postcode district.