Road crashes in East Hertfordshire

7,563 recorded collisions since 2000.

East Hertfordshire has recorded 7,563 road collisions since 2000, 119 of them fatal and 1,156 causing serious injury. That makes it the 207th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 17% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 15.7 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 59% since 2000, from 466 to 191 in 2024. The A10 is the most affected road locally, with 844 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.