Road crashes in Luton

11,613 recorded collisions since 2000.

Luton has recorded 11,613 road collisions since 2000, 77 of them fatal and 1,373 causing serious injury. That makes it the 108th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 12% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 6.6 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 30% since 2000, from 533 to 375 in 2024. The A505 is the most affected road locally, with 1,469 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.