Road crashes in Boston

5,453 recorded collisions since 2000.

Boston has recorded 5,453 road collisions since 2000, 99 of them fatal and 754 causing serious injury. That makes it the 285th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 16% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 18.2 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 26% since 2000, from 258 to 190 in 2024. The A52 is the most affected road locally, with 1,032 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.