Road crashes in North Kesteven

7,906 recorded collisions since 2000.

North Kesteven has recorded 7,906 road collisions since 2000, 219 of them fatal and 1,280 causing serious injury. That makes it the 190th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 19% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 27.7 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 18% since 2000, from 339 to 278 in 2024. The A15 is the most affected road locally, with 838 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.