Road crashes in Charnwood

7,784 recorded collisions since 2000.

Charnwood has recorded 7,784 road collisions since 2000, 127 of them fatal and 1,017 causing serious injury. That makes it the 193rd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 16.3 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 64% since 2000, from 542 to 194 in 2024. The A6 is the most affected road locally, with 1,067 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.