Road crashes in Islington

19,694 recorded collisions since 2000.

Islington has recorded 19,694 road collisions since 2000, 87 of them fatal and 2,633 causing serious injury. That makes it the 44th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 14% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 4.4 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 57% since 2000, from 1,281 to 552 in 2024. The A1 is the most affected road locally, with 3,972 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.