Road crashes in Watford

5,666 recorded collisions since 2000.

Watford has recorded 5,666 road collisions since 2000, 28 of them fatal and 739 causing serious injury. That makes it the 281st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 14% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 4.9 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 69% since 2000, from 413 to 127 in 2024. The A412 is the most affected road locally, with 853 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.