Road crashes in North West Leicestershire

6,638 recorded collisions since 2000.

North West Leicestershire has recorded 6,638 road collisions since 2000, 176 of them fatal and 921 causing serious injury. That makes it the 244th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 17% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 26.5 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 76% since 2000, from 499 to 120 in 2024. The M1 is the most affected road locally, with 728 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.