Road crashes in North Northamptonshire

14,784 recorded collisions since 2000.

North Northamptonshire has recorded 14,784 road collisions since 2000, 352 of them fatal and 3,162 causing serious injury. That makes it the 77th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 24% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 23.8 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 42% since 2000, from 847 to 489 in 2024. The A43 is the most affected road locally, with 890 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.