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UK Traffic Updates · Road Safety Intelligence · 23 September 2026

Road Safety Report

A45 — 9 January 2020 to 27 December 2025

Data Source: DfT STATS19 Police-Recorded Collision Data · OGL v3.0 · Generated 23 September 2026
838Total Collisions
30Fatal
1,196Casualties
6Years of Data
1. Executive Summary
95
UKTU Danger Score / 100
Extreme Risk

This report covers 838 police-recorded collisions on the A45 between 9 January 2020 and 27 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, 30 were fatal (3.6%), 141 were serious (16.8%), and 667 resulted in slight injuries. A total of 1,196 casualties were recorded across 1,766 vehicles.

The UKTU Danger Score of 95/100 is calculated from collision frequency, fatality count, severity ratio, and total casualty count.

838Collisions
30Fatal
141Serious
667Slight
1,196Casualties
51mphAvg Speed Limit
2. Year-on-Year Trend

📈 Increasing — collisions increased from 110 to 153

2020 (1F)
110
159 cas
2021 (3F)
116
165 cas
2022 (9F)
149
209 cas
2023 (4F)
150
222 cas
2024 (6F)
160
227 cas
2025 (7F)
153
214 cas
4. Collision Conditions Analysis

🌤️ Weather Conditions

Fine no high winds
683
Raining no high wind
107
Other
22
Raining + high winds
10
Fog or mist
6
Fine + high winds
5

🛣️ Road Surface

Dry
614
Wet or damp
211
Frost or ice
8
Flood over 3cm
3
Snow
1

💡 Light Conditions

Daylight
573
Darkness - lights lit
196
Darkness - no lighting
59
Darkness - lighting un
6
Darkness - lights unli
4

🚦 Speed Limit Zones

40mph
252
60mph
202
70mph
168
30mph
115
50mph
97
20mph
4
5. Day of Week Pattern
Sun
87
87
Mon
114
114
Tue
143
143
Wed
138
138
Thu
115
115
Fri
121
121
Sat
120
120
6. Vehicle Types Involved
Car
1372
1372
Van/Goods 3.5t or under
126
126
Goods over 3.5t under 7.5t
82
82
Motorcycle over 500cc
44
44
Pedal cycle
36
36
Motorcycle 125cc and under
23
23
Taxi/Private hire
16
16
Goods 7.5t and over
15
15
7. Fatal Collision Records (20)
ReferenceDateTimeJunctionSpeedWeatherCasualtiesVehicles
2025340NN9112 05 Dec 2025 21:25 Not at junction 70mph Raining no high wind 2 1
2025340NN9052 09 Jul 2025 17:00 Not at junction 70mph Fine no high winds 1 1
2025340WN9102 20 May 2025 21:37 Unknown 40mph Fine no high winds 1 1
2025340WN9092 13 May 2025 03:10 Not at junction 70mph Fine no high winds 1 1
2025201574287 06 Apr 2025 00:47 Not at junction 40mph Fine no high winds 5 3
2025231572032 31 Mar 2025 17:17 Not at junction 60mph Fine no high winds 1 1
2025340WN9032 26 Feb 2025 12:36 Not at junction 60mph Fine no high winds 2 5
2024340NN9112 29 Nov 2024 15:30 Not at junction 70mph Fine no high winds 1 3
2024340WN9172 23 Nov 2024 08:20 Not at junction 60mph Raining + high winds 2 2
2024201493125 18 Sep 2024 17:06 Not at junction 40mph Fine no high winds 1 5
2024201472286 26 Jul 2024 06:00 Not at junction 40mph Fine no high winds 3 1
2024340NN9062 20 Jul 2024 11:47 Not at junction 60mph Fine no high winds 3 2
2024340NN9012 10 Feb 2024 08:00 Unknown 60mph Fine no high winds 4 3
2023340WN9062 11 Aug 2023 03:00 Not at junction 60mph Fine no high winds 1 1
2023201344741 08 Jun 2023 18:18 Unknown 40mph Fine no high winds 1 2
2023340NN9052 01 Mar 2023 13:00 Not at junction 60mph Fine no high winds 1 2
2023340NN9032 25 Feb 2023 19:40 Not at junction 60mph Fine no high winds 4 4
2022201256031 13 Dec 2022 10:23 Not at junction 50mph Fine no high winds 2 2
2022201232621 15 Oct 2022 20:30 Not at junction 40mph Raining no high wind 1 1
202234WNC9132 03 Oct 2022 22:55 Not at junction 60mph Fine no high winds 1 2