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Wheathampstead road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 256 road traffic collisions in Wheathampstead, St Albans, from 1979 to 2025, and 331 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 49 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
256
1,705th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
331
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
49
57 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wheathampstead

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious4919%
  • Slight20781%

What the data shows

  • Wheathampstead had 26 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 34 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Wheathampstead were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 56 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wheathampstead, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in Wheathampstead.

Where Wheathampstead ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,705th
Most casualties
1,707th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
1,750th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday32 (13%)
  • Tuesday42 (16%)
  • Wednesday41 (16%)
  • Thursday37 (14%)
  • Friday37 (14%)
  • Saturday47 (18%)
  • Sunday20 (7.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight185 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit59 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (2.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway229 (89%)
  • Roundabout25 (9.8%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.4%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (2.3%)
  • 30 mph219 (86%)
  • 40 mph6 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph25 (9.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds210 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (13%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other5 (2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant179 (54%)
  • Pedestrian75 (23%)
  • Cyclist35 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist31 (9.4%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wheathampstead road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wheathampstead, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wheathampstead peaked at 16 in 1979; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202400
202311
202222
202100
202034
201923
201835
201767
201679
2015512
201412
201322
201222
201144
201035
200922
2008813
200744
200633
200589
20041015
200356
200256
200145
2000910
199946
199867
199757
199645
1995710
199466
199366
19921016
19911213
1990612
198935
198833
1987912
19861111
198589
198489
198368
1982811
1981512
19801214
19791616

Map of recent crashes in Wheathampstead

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wheathampstead

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wheathampstead

The 24 most recent collisions in Wheathampstead happened between 16 June 2016 and 13 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wheathampstead

The B651 has the most collisions in Wheathampstead, 110 of 256 (43%), followed by the B653 (26).

Collisions in Wheathampstead on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB651110138024
2ndB653264304
3rdA6129111502

Council area for Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead is in St Albans, where police recorded 25,623 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wheathampstead accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Wheathampstead

All 256 collisions in Wheathampstead were in the AL4 postcode district.