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UK Traffic Updates · Road Safety Intelligence · 24 September 2026

Road Safety Report

A500 — 7 January 2020 to 22 December 2025

Data Source: DfT STATS19 Police-Recorded Collision Data · OGL v3.0 · Generated 24 September 2026
176Total Collisions
8Fatal
252Casualties
6Years of Data
1. Executive Summary
60
UKTU Danger Score / 100
Very High Risk

This report covers 176 police-recorded collisions on the A500 between 7 January 2020 and 22 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, 8 were fatal (4.5%), 31 were serious (17.6%), and 137 resulted in slight injuries. A total of 252 casualties were recorded across 365 vehicles.

The UKTU Danger Score of 60/100 is calculated from collision frequency, fatality count, severity ratio, and total casualty count.

176Collisions
8Fatal
31Serious
137Slight
252Casualties
56mphAvg Speed Limit
2. Year-on-Year Trend

📈 Increasing — collisions increased from 35 to 40

2020
35
49 cas
2021 (2F)
31
41 cas
2022 (2F)
14
26 cas
2023 (1F)
21
27 cas
2024 (2F)
35
54 cas
2025 (1F)
40
55 cas
4. Collision Conditions Analysis

🌤️ Weather Conditions

Fine no high winds
130
Raining no high wind
31
Raining + high winds
3
Fog or mist
3
Other
2
Snowing no high wind
2

🛣️ Road Surface

Dry
113
Wet or damp
55
Flood over 3cm
2
Snow
1

💡 Light Conditions

Daylight
125
Darkness - lights lit
34
Darkness - no lighting
12
Darkness - lighting un
5

🚦 Speed Limit Zones

70mph
64
50mph
48
60mph
34
30mph
25
40mph
4
20mph
1
5. Day of Week Pattern
Sun
13
13
Mon
25
25
Tue
26
26
Wed
22
22
Thu
31
31
Fri
33
33
Sat
26
26
6. Vehicle Types Involved
Car
256
256
Van/Goods 3.5t or under
36
36
Goods over 3.5t under 7.5t
34
34
Motorcycle over 500cc
10
10
Motorcycle 125cc and under
6
6
Goods unknown weight
5
5
Goods 7.5t and over
4
4
Taxi/Private hire
3
3
7. Fatal Collision Records (8)
ReferenceDateTimeJunctionSpeedWeatherCasualtiesVehicles
2025070126824 15 Feb 2025 18:29 Not at junction 60mph Fine no high winds 2 2
2024211502088 04 Oct 2024 21:58 Not at junction 70mph Fine no high winds 1 2
2024070471796 25 May 2024 18:10 Not at junction 70mph Fine no high winds 1 2
2023211313512 04 May 2023 15:31 Not at junction 30mph Fine no high winds 3 3
2022211194795 03 Jul 2022 16:15 Not at junction 70mph Fine no high winds 1 1
2022070418053 16 Jun 2022 16:49 Not at junction 60mph Fine no high winds 3 3
2021211127492 28 Dec 2021 00:33 Not at junction 70mph Raining no high wind 1 1
2021070743685 26 Oct 2021 11:35 Not at junction 70mph Fine no high winds 1 1