Road crashes in Lincoln

6,751 recorded collisions since 2000.

Lincoln has recorded 6,751 road collisions since 2000, 39 of them fatal and 737 causing serious injury. That makes it the 243rd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 11% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 5.8 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 46% since 2000, from 341 to 184 in 2024. The A15 is the most affected road locally, with 671 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.