Road crashes in North Hertfordshire

7,655 recorded collisions since 2000.

North Hertfordshire has recorded 7,655 road collisions since 2000, 121 of them fatal and 1,183 causing serious injury. That makes it the 201st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 17% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 15.8 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 57% since 2000, from 470 to 200 in 2024. The A505 is the most affected road locally, with 1,446 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.