Road crashes in Oadby and Wigston

2,114 recorded collisions since 2000.

Oadby and Wigston has recorded 2,114 road collisions since 2000, 17 of them fatal and 190 causing serious injury. That makes it the 346th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 10% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 8 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 69% since 2000, from 126 to 39 in 2024. The B582 is the most affected road locally, with 481 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.