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Watton at Stone road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 157 road traffic collisions in Watton at Stone, East Hertfordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 232 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 35 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
157
2,214th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
232
1.48 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
35
42 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Watton at Stone

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious3522%
  • Slight12278%

What the data shows

  • Watton at Stone had 19 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 25 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Watton at Stone were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 22 children under 16 were killed or injured in Watton at Stone, 9.5% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Watton at Stone.

Where Watton at Stone ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,214th
Most casualties
2,092nd
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,148th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday25 (16%)
  • Tuesday24 (15%)
  • Wednesday20 (13%)
  • Thursday21 (13%)
  • Friday28 (18%)
  • Saturday17 (11%)
  • Sunday22 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight108 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit25 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting23 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway152 (97%)
  • Roundabout3 (1.9%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph84 (54%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph69 (44%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds126 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant165 (71%)
  • Motorcyclist34 (15%)
  • Pedestrian13 (5.6%)
  • Cyclist11 (4.7%)
  • Van occupant8 (3.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Watton at Stone road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Watton at Stone, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Watton at Stone peaked at 12 in 1981; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202514
202400
202322
202222
202147
202000
201922
201812
201735
201647
201558
201411
201347
201234
201123
201022
200924
200823
200700
200648
200511
200433
200346
200211
200167
200056
199947
199800
199711
199611
199523
199433
199346
199222
199123
199056
198912
19881018
19871014
198647
1985510
198477
198368
198255
19811221
198079
197924

Map of recent crashes in Watton at Stone

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Watton at Stone

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Watton at Stone

The 24 most recent collisions in Watton at Stone happened between 13 February 2015 and 25 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Watton at Stone

The A602 has the most collisions in Watton at Stone, 85 of 157 (54%), followed by the B1001 (12).

Collisions in Watton at Stone on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA60285132021
2ndB1001121904

Council area for Watton at Stone

Watton at Stone is in East Hertfordshire, where police recorded 17,489 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Watton at Stone accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Watton at Stone

All 157 collisions in Watton at Stone were in the SG14 postcode district.