Road crashes in Welwyn Hatfield

7,610 recorded collisions since 2000.

Welwyn Hatfield has recorded 7,610 road collisions since 2000, 89 of them fatal and 1,102 causing serious injury. That makes it the 205th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 16% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 11.7 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 62% since 2000, from 454 to 172 in 2024. The A1000 is the most affected road locally, with 942 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.