Road crashes in West Lindsey

7,204 recorded collisions since 2000.

West Lindsey has recorded 7,204 road collisions since 2000, 245 of them fatal and 1,258 causing serious injury. That makes it the 222nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 21% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 34 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 37% since 2000, from 320 to 203 in 2024. The A46 is the most affected road locally, with 966 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.