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Road collisions in Rugby

Police recorded 951 road collisions involving injury in Rugby between 2021 and 2025, about 190 a year. 23 of them were fatal, and an estimated 234 involved serious injury once DfT's severity adjustment is applied. These are reported injury collisions only: damage-only incidents and unreported injuries are not included.

951reported collisions, 2021 to 2025
190a year on average
23fatal
234serious (estimated)
1,266casualties

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When collisions happen

The busiest hour was 3pm to 4pm, and 34% of collisions happened between 3pm and 7pm (more than the 32% across Great Britain). Friday had the most collisions, and 22% happened at weekends.

00: 19 00 01: 8 02: 11 03: 8 03 04: 7 05: 23 06: 28 06 07: 42 08: 72 09: 38 09 10: 30 11: 35 12: 43 12 13: 64 14: 65 15: 89 15 16: 84 17: 82 18: 66 18 19: 44 20: 21 21: 30 21 22: 23 23: 19
Collisions by hour of day (00 = midnight to 1am)
Sun: 91 91 Sun Mon: 154 154 Mon Tue: 162 162 Tue Wed: 120 120 Wed Thu: 136 136 Thu Fri: 168 168 Fri Sat: 120 120 Sat
Collisions by day of week

Trend over time

Reported collisions went from 167 in 2021 to 202 in 2025, a rise of 21%. Counts are affected by traffic levels, population and changes in how police record injuries, so Rugby should not be ranked against other areas on these numbers alone.

2021: 167 167 2021 2022: 173 173 2022 2023: 184 184 2023 2024: 225 225 2024 2025: 202 202 2025
Reported collisions per year

Who is affected

Across Rugby, 1,266 people were injured or killed in these collisions. Pedestrians were 10% of casualties (14% across Great Britain), pedal cyclists 7% (12%) and motorcyclists 8% (12%). Car and taxi occupants made up 67%. 2 of the pedestrians were killed.

Children aged 0 to 15 were 9% of casualties, close to the 9% national share. People aged 16 to 25 were 21% (21% nationally), and people over 65 were 9% (10% nationally).

Road userCasualtiesShare in RugbyShare across GB
Pedestrians12710.0%14.5%
Pedal cyclists937.3%11.9%
Motorcyclists997.8%12.4%
Car and taxi occupants84466.7%54.4%
Bus and minibus occupants141.1%1.8%
Van and goods vehicle occupants755.9%3.5%
Other road users141.1%1.6%

Casualties by age

AgeCasualtiesShare in RugbyShare across GB
0 to 5231.8%1.6%
6 to 10292.3%2.6%
11 to 15655.1%4.8%
16 to 2014111.1%10.6%
21 to 2512710.0%11.0%
26 to 3524719.5%20.8%
36 to 4518514.6%15.8%
46 to 5518414.5%12.8%
56 to 6514911.8%10.1%
66 to 75695.5%5.3%
Over 75463.6%4.5%

Vehicles involved

13.1% of collisions involved a pedestrian casualty (17.7% nationally), 9.8% a cyclist (15.0%) and 10.1% a motorcyclist (15.3%). 9.7% involved a goods vehicle (3.9% nationally) and 24.0% involved a driver aged 17 to 24 (21.1%). 8 collisions involved an e-scooter.

VehicleVehiclesShare in RugbyShare across GB
Cars and taxis1,28873.3%69.7%
Vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)1317.5%6.4%
Heavy goods vehicles1035.9%2.3%
Motorcycles1025.8%9.3%
Pedal cycles965.5%8.7%
Buses and minibuses120.7%1.8%
Other vehicles261.5%1.8%

Collision hotspots in Rugby

These are the 100 metre squares with the most reported collisions in 2021 to 2025. Location is the average position of the collisions in each square, so treat it as approximate.

#Main roadJunction typeCollisionsFatalMap
1 A426 T or staggered junction 9 0 View on map
2 B5414 Roundabout 9 0 View on map
3 B4453 T or staggered junction 8 0 View on map
4 B5414 Roundabout 7 0 View on map
5 A45 Crossroads 7 0 View on map
6 A426 Roundabout 7 0 View on map
7 A426 Not at a junction 7 0 View on map
8 B4455 Crossroads 6 1 View on map
9 M6 Roundabout 6 0 View on map
10 B4109 Crossroads 6 0 View on map
11 A426 T or staggered junction 6 0 View on map
12 A428 T or staggered junction 6 0 View on map
13 B4428 Not at a junction 5 1 View on map
14 A426 Not at a junction 5 1 View on map
15 A45 Roundabout 5 0 View on map
16 B5414 T or staggered junction 5 0 View on map
17 B4642 Not at a junction 5 0 View on map
18 A426 T or staggered junction 5 0 View on map
19 A426 Roundabout 5 0 View on map
20 A426 Roundabout 4 0 View on map
21 A426 T or staggered junction 4 0 View on map
22 B4065 Crossroads 4 0 View on map
23 A428 Not at a junction 4 0 View on map
24 Unnumbered road Crossroads 4 0 View on map
25 A46 Not at a junction 4 0 View on map

Numbered roads with the most collisions

44% of collisions happened on roads with a 30 mph limit or lower (69% nationally), and 26% on roads with a 60 or 70 mph limit (18% nationally). 48% were at or within 20 metres of a junction or roundabout, lower than the national 54%.

RoadCollisionsFatalSerious (est.)
A426 119 1 26
A428 76 1 19
M6 74 2 19
A45 44 1 10
A46 40 1 6
A4071 27 0 7
B4428 24 1 9
B4455 23 0 5
A5 20 0 9
B4642 20 0 8
M69 19 0 1
B5414 19 0 3
B4453 19 2 6
B4112 15 0 6
A423 15 3 4

Collisions on unnumbered local streets are not listed here. Use the postcode search to see them.

Conditions

28% of collisions in Rugby happened in darkness, close to the 28% across Great Britain. 36% happened on roads classed as urban, lower than the national 67%.

Type of road

Type of roadCollisionsShare in RugbyShare across GB
Motorway 97 10.2% 3.0%
A(M) road 0 0.0% 0.2%
A road 346 36.4% 44.0%
B road 184 19.3% 12.5%
C road 0 0.0% 4.4%
Unclassified road 324 34.1% 35.9%

Speed limit

Speed limitCollisionsShare in RugbyShare across GB
20 mph 28 2.9% 17.1%
30 mph 393 41.3% 52.0%
40 mph 75 7.9% 8.7%
50 mph 209 22.0% 4.4%
60 mph 135 14.2% 12.2%
70 mph 111 11.7% 5.5%

Junctions

JunctionsCollisionsShare in RugbyShare across GB
Not at a junction 494 52.4% 45.9%
T or staggered junction 269 28.5% 28.5%
Crossroads 71 7.5% 9.5%
Junction with more than four arms 5 0.5% 1.6%
Private drive or entrance 14 1.5% 2.2%
Other junction 8 0.8% 6.1%
Roundabout 82 8.7% 6.2%

Light conditions

Light conditionsCollisionsShare in RugbyShare across GB
Daylight 687 72.2% 71.7%
Darkness, street lights lit 135 14.2% 20.6%
Darkness, street lights unlit 8 0.8% 0.7%
Darkness, no street lighting 108 11.4% 5.3%
Darkness, lighting unknown 13 1.4% 1.7%

Urban or rural

Urban or ruralCollisionsShare in RugbyShare across GB
Urban 345 36.3% 67.2%
Rural 606 63.7% 32.8%

About these figures

Only collisions involving injury that were reported to the police are counted. The figures are not adjusted for traffic volume or population, so they should not be used to rank areas against each other. Serious and slight splits use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment. Full explanation.