Road crashes in Bedford

10,061 recorded collisions since 2000.

Bedford has recorded 10,061 road collisions since 2000, 133 of them fatal and 1,482 causing serious injury. That makes it the 136th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 16% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 13.2 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 44% since 2000, from 514 to 288 in 2024. The A6 is the most affected road locally, with 1,145 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.