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UK Traffic Updates · Road Safety Intelligence · 24 September 2026

Road Safety Report

A43 — 6 January 2020 to 29 December 2025

Data Source: DfT STATS19 Police-Recorded Collision Data · OGL v3.0 · Generated 24 September 2026
483Total Collisions
16Fatal
654Casualties
6Years of Data
1. Executive Summary
78
UKTU Danger Score / 100
Very High Risk

This report covers 483 police-recorded collisions on the A43 between 6 January 2020 and 29 December 2025. The data is sourced from the Department for Transport STATS19 dataset and reflects incidents reported to police forces across England and Wales.

Of these collisions, 16 were fatal (3.3%), 89 were serious (18.4%), and 378 resulted in slight injuries. A total of 654 casualties were recorded across 973 vehicles.

The UKTU Danger Score of 78/100 is calculated from collision frequency, fatality count, severity ratio, and total casualty count.

483Collisions
16Fatal
89Serious
378Slight
654Casualties
55mphAvg Speed Limit
2. Year-on-Year Trend

📈 Increasing — collisions increased from 55 to 83

2020 (1F)
55
78 cas
2021 (3F)
79
107 cas
2022 (5F)
77
98 cas
2023 (1F)
90
121 cas
2024 (4F)
99
143 cas
2025 (2F)
83
107 cas
4. Collision Conditions Analysis

🌤️ Weather Conditions

Fine no high winds
385
Raining no high wind
58
Other
21
Fine + high winds
5
Fog or mist
5
Raining + high winds
5

🛣️ Road Surface

Dry
337
Wet or damp
134
Frost or ice
8
Flood over 3cm
3
Snow
1

💡 Light Conditions

Daylight
337
Darkness - lights lit
79
Darkness - no lighting
60
Darkness - lights unli
4
Darkness - lighting un
3

🚦 Speed Limit Zones

60mph
155
70mph
119
40mph
100
50mph
84
30mph
25
5. Day of Week Pattern
Sun
68
68
Mon
75
75
Tue
68
68
Wed
66
66
Thu
77
77
Fri
69
69
Sat
60
60
6. Vehicle Types Involved
Car
730
730
Van/Goods 3.5t or under
95
95
Goods over 3.5t under 7.5t
48
48
Motorcycle over 500cc
31
31
Pedal cycle
13
13
Taxi/Private hire
10
10
Motorcycle over 125cc up to 500cc
10
10
Motorcycle 125cc and under
8
8
7. Fatal Collision Records (16)
ReferenceDateTimeJunctionSpeedWeatherCasualtiesVehicles
2025340NN9102 10 Nov 2025 06:45 Unknown 60mph Fine no high winds 2 2
2025340NN9082 16 Oct 2025 08:11 Not at junction 70mph Fine no high winds 1 1
2024340NN9082 07 Oct 2024 15:42 Unknown 60mph Fine no high winds 4 3
2024340NN9072 08 Aug 2024 11:45 Not at junction 60mph Fine no high winds 8 2
2024340NN9032 16 Mar 2024 04:35 Not at junction 60mph Fine no high winds 1 2
2024340WN9042 13 Mar 2024 15:45 Unknown 70mph Fine no high winds 2 2
2023340NN9082 07 Jul 2023 14:22 Not at junction 40mph Fine no high winds 1 1
202234NNC9152 17 Nov 2022 07:29 Not at junction 60mph Raining no high wind 1 3
202234NNC9142 25 Sep 2022 13:07 Unknown 60mph Fine no high winds 1 1
202234NNC9122 26 Aug 2022 17:50 Unknown 60mph Fine no high winds 2 4
202234WNC9062 10 Jul 2022 01:22 Not at junction 50mph Fine no high winds 1 1
202234NNC9082 06 Jun 2022 09:20 Not at junction 60mph Raining no high wind 1 2
202134NNC9111 30 Oct 2021 12:00 Not at junction 60mph Fine no high winds 2 3
202134WNC9081 31 Jul 2021 06:44 Not at junction 50mph Unknown 1 1
202134NNC9041 15 Apr 2021 14:03 Not at junction 70mph Fine no high winds 1 2
2020340W80062 18 Feb 2020 13:50 Not at junction 60mph Fine + high winds 3 2