Road crashes in South Kesteven

8,847 recorded collisions since 2000.

South Kesteven has recorded 8,847 road collisions since 2000, 199 of them fatal and 1,407 causing serious injury. That makes it the 165th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 22.5 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 30% since 2000, from 440 to 306 in 2024. The A1 is the most affected road locally, with 1,141 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.