Road crashes in Herefordshire, County of

11,530 recorded collisions since 2000.

Herefordshire, County of has recorded 11,530 road collisions since 2000, 258 of them fatal and 2,043 causing serious injury. That makes it the 111th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 20% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 22.4 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 51% since 2000, from 680 to 333 in 2024. The A49 is the most affected road locally, with 1,494 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.