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Real-time incident feeds from National Highways and Transport for London, plus the full police collision record. Flat JSON, ready to render — used by digital signage networks, broadcasters, councils, solicitors and insurers.
Live incident feeds for anyone showing conditions as they happen, and historical collision records for anyone analysing why they happen. Most organisations need one or the other.
Current road conditions, updated continuously. Separate feeds for National Highways motorways and the London road network.
One template deployed across an entire estate. Each screen returns the incidents on its own road, sorted by distance in miles, in JSON that renders without parsing. Configure by road, carriageway and coordinates once at install.
Priced per estateRegional traffic bulletins without a newsroom subscription. Query by region or by road, with National Highways' own wording and delay figures. Sensitive incidents are filtered before they reach you.
Live APILive disruption on the corridors your vehicles actually run. Lane closures, contraflows and delay minutes on the strategic road network, queryable by road or by GPS radius around a depot.
Live APIDrop live UK incidents into an existing product without building feed ingestion, end-detection or content filtering. ETag support keeps polling cheap at scale.
Live APIServices, forecourts, hotels and retail parks on trunk routes. Show customers what is happening on the road they are about to rejoin — useful content that keeps people on site a little longer.
Live APILive incident awareness for dispatch. Know which stretches are closed or restricted before routing a technician, and monitor specific corridors continuously.
Live API551,000 police-recorded collisions with linked vehicle and casualty detail, from the Department for Transport's STATS19 release.
Justify road safety investment with 5-year collision evidence. Generate junction reports for committee sign-off. Monitor improvement over time.
Road Safety ReportsInstant access to police collision records by accident reference. Verify incident details, check historical blackspot evidence for PI claims.
Per-Record CreditsVerify claims against police-recorded collision data. Bulk API lookups by GPS location or accident reference. Fraud detection at scale.
API AccessCollision history on your drivers' regular routes, alongside live disruption on the same corridors. Blackspot scoring for driver safety reporting.
Live + HistoricalAcademic API access to clean, structured STATS19 data without the CSV processing overhead. Published under Open Government Licence v3.0 and fully citable.
Research LicenceData-driven road safety stories. Query specific roads, junctions, or GPS areas. Download individual records for fact-checking.
Media Licence| Feature | UKTU Data API | Government Raw Data | Other Services |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real-time NH incident feed | ✓ Live | ✗ | ✗ |
| Real-time TfL feed | ✓ Live | ✗ | ✗ |
| Individual collision records | ✓ JSON API | ✗ Raw CSV only | ✗ Aggregate only |
| Vehicle + driver data | ✓ Per record | ✗ Separate file | ✗ |
| GPS radius lookup | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Instant API response | ✓ <200ms | ✗ Manual download | ✗ PDF delivery |
| Danger scoring algorithm | ✓ Proprietary | ✗ | ✗ |
| No bulk download | ✓ Secure | N/A | N/A |
| 5 years of data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (expensive) |
RESTful API with key-based authentication. Supports collision lookup, road stats, GPS radius search, and blackspot scoring.
# Look up a specific collision record GET https://www.uktrafficupdates.uk/api/data-api.php?key=uktu_starter_xxx&action=collision&ref=2024010123456 # Response { "status": "ok", "collision": { "accident_index": "2024010123456", "date": "2024-06-01", "road": "M25", "severity": "serious", "num_casualties": 2, "speed_limit": 70, "weather": "Fine no high winds", "lat": 51.38420, "lng": -0.12650 }, "vehicles": [{ "type": "Car", "make_model": "Ford Focus", "driver_age": 34 }], "casualties": [{ "severity": "serious", "sex": "Female", "age": 28 }], "meta": { "calls_remaining_today": 950, "tier": "starter", "response_ms": 42 } }
All plans include access to the full STATS19 dataset. Enterprise plans include live NH + TfL feed access.
Signage and enterprise licences are priced per estate, not per screen. A one-off integration fee of £2,500 applies, covering template consultation and developer support during build.
Tell us about your organisation and use case, and we'll set up a trial key for you.