Official DfT data · 2021–2025

The UK's most dangerous roads for cyclists (2025 data)

15,836 police-reported collisions involved cyclists in 2025 — 4,308 of them serious or fatal. We joined the DfT's collision and casualty records to map where they cluster, nationally and across 125 towns and cities.

The headlines

What the data says

• The Plain, East Oxford is Britain’s worst spot for cyclists: 40 collisions across 2021–2025.
• 27% of 2025’s cyclist collisions were serious or fatal — each one a life-changing injury for the person involved.
• Per resident, Birkenhead is the riskiest area we track for cyclists: 159.1 collisions per 100,000 people in 2025.
• Casualties among cyclists have fallen over five years: 16,458 in 2021 to 16,042 in 2025.

The map

Where cyclists are most at risk (2021–2025)

#	Location	Road	Collisions	Casualties	Serious/fatal
1	The Plain, East Oxford	A420	40	40	7
2	Upper Tooting Road, Furzedown	A24	30	31	6
3	Bow Road, Bow	A11	28	28	5
4	Lyme Terrace, Kentish Town	A5202	26	26	6
5	Millbank, Millbank	A3212	24	24	1
6	Apothecary Street	A201	23	23	12
7	Mile End Road, Stepney	A11	22	22	1
8	King Street, Hammersmith	A315	21	22	7
9	Brixton Hill, Brixton	A23	21	22	5
10	Railway Approach, The Borough	A3	21	21	6
11	St Giles Square, Bloomsbury	A40	21	23	2
12	Clapham High Street, Clapham	A3	21	21	7
13	Balls Pond Road, Dalston	A10	20	20	1
14	Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel	A11	20	20	5
15	Headingley Lane, Hyde Park	A660	19	19	3
16	Peckham High Street, Peckham	A202	19	19	1
17	Gauden Road, Clapham	A3	19	19	1
18	Mile End Road, Stepney	A11	19	19	1
19	Shoreditch High Street, Shoreditch	A10	18	19	2
20	Green Lanes, Stoke Newington	A105	18	18	2
21	Grosvenor Road, Pimlico	A3212	17	18	3
22	Southwark Street, Southwark	A300	17	17	5
23	Shoreditch High Street, Shoreditch	A10	17	18	4
24	Brodlove Lane, Shadwell	B126	16	16	1
25	Cambridge Grove, Hammersmith	A315	16	17	4

Clusters of collisions involving cyclists across 2021–2025 DfT STATS19 records, labelled via OpenStreetMap. Police-reported incidents only.

Every area we track

Cyclists at risk, area by area (2025)

#	Area	Collisions (2025)	Serious/fatal	% serious	Per 100k residents
1	London	5,611	1,212	22%	62.7
2	Leeds	260	87	33%	31.6
3	Hull	206	65	32%	77.2
4	Bristol	203	65	32%	42.4
5	Manchester	198	73	37%	34.9
6	Salford	188	72	38%	144.6
7	Birmingham	154	34	22%	13.3
8	Liverpool	154	40	26%	31
9	Portsmouth	150	35	23%	72.1
10	Nottingham	142	37	26%	43.3
11	Birkenhead	140	44	31%	159.1
12	Sheffield	134	44	33%	23.7
13	Cambridge	134	29	22%	91.8
14	Brighton	132	34	26%	47.7
15	Oxford	121	12	10%	79.6
16	Southampton	116	39	34%	46.6
17	York	107	19	18%	53
18	Edinburgh	106	30	28%	20.2
19	Norwich	105	29	28%	72.9
20	Bournemouth	104	27	26%	52.8
21	Leicester	100	34	34%	26.8
22	Newcastle upon Tyne	98	18	18%	31.9
23	Wiltshire	92	34	37%	17.7
24	Gateshead	92	22	24%	76.7
25	Stockport	91	31	34%	66.4
26	Glasgow	90	29	32%	14.2
27	Bradford	89	24	27%	15.9
28	Derby	85	24	28%	32.9
29	Reading	84	9	11%	48.3
30	Swindon	66	18	27%	36.1
31	Plymouth	62	8	13%	23.5
32	Grimsby	61	21	34%	70.9
33	Cardiff	59	9	15%	15.9
34	Colchester	59	15	25%	48.4
35	Poole	59	10	17%	39.1
36	Preston	58	26	45%	39.5
37	Ipswich	56	14	25%	38.6
38	Peterborough	54	15	28%	29.5
39	South Shields	51	15	29%	68
40	Exeter	50	8	16%	38.2
41	Stoke-on-Trent	49	7	14%	19.1
42	Slough	49	7	14%	29.9
43	Warrington	48	12	25%	29.1
44	Blackpool	44	14	32%	31.7
45	Gloucester	43	16	37%	32.6
46	Southend-on-Sea	43	5	12%	23.5
47	Bedford	43	13	30%	40.2
48	Cheltenham	42	13	31%	35.9
49	Middlesbrough	40	18	45%	28
50	Crewe	40	8	20%	54.8
51	West Bromwich	39	7	18%	50
52	Woking	39	12	31%	37.9
53	Medway (Gillingham)	39	11	28%	35.5
54	Luton	38	7	18%	17.8
55	Newport	38	16	42%	23.9
56	Scunthorpe	37	6	16%	46.8
57	Bolton	36	16	44%	18.4
58	Oldham	36	16	44%	37.5
59	Chelmsford	36	8	22%	32.4
60	Coventry	35	12	34%	9.9
61	Northampton	35	4	11%	15.6
62	Stockton-on-Tees	35	13	37%	41.2
63	Watford	34	16	47%	33.3
64	Wolverhampton	33	5	15%	12.5
65	Chester	33	5	15%	41.8
66	Rotherham	32	9	28%	29.4
67	Crawley	32	9	28%	27.1
68	Worthing	32	9	28%	28.8
69	Basildon	31	10	32%	28.7
70	Eastbourne	31	12	39%	30.7
71	St Helens	30	5	17%	29.4
72	Dudley	30	8	27%	38
73	Bath	30	9	30%	31.9
74	Sunderland	29	11	38%	10.5
75	Doncaster	29	13	45%	26.6
76	Guildford	29	13	45%	37.7
77	Huddersfield	28	6	21%	17.3
78	Mansfield	28	8	29%	25.5
79	Milton Keynes	27	3	11%	10.2
80	Lincoln	27	4	15%	26.2
81	St Albans	27	6	22%	32.5
82	Blackburn	26	7	27%	22.2
83	Darlington	25	9	36%	26.9
84	Solihull	24	8	33%	19.5
85	Wakefield	23	7	30%	23.2
86	Halifax	23	4	17%	26.1
87	Shrewsbury	22	3	14%	28.9
88	Walsall	22	4	18%	32.8
89	Aylesbury	22	2	9%	25.3
90	Canterbury	22	4	18%	40
91	Worcester	21	4	19%	20.4
92	Hastings	21	5	24%	23.1
93	Nuneaton	21	7	33%	23.9
94	Wigan	20	10	50%	19.4
95	Winchester	20	8	40%	44.4
96	Lancaster	19	7	37%	36.5
97	High Wycombe	19	7	37%	15.2
98	Chesterfield	18	4	22%	20.5
99	Hartlepool	17	7	41%	19.3
100	Hereford	17	3	18%	27
101	Maidstone	17	5	29%	14.5
102	Salisbury	17	6	35%	41.5
103	Burton upon Trent	17	4	24%	22.4
104	Rochdale	16	4	25%	14.4
105	Ashford (Kent)	15	2	13%	20
106	Carlisle	14	2	14%	18.7
107	Barnsley	14	3	21%	15.4
108	Harrogate	14	3	21%	18.7
109	Torquay	14	5	36%	21.5
110	Taunton	14	4	29%	21.5
111	Kettering	14	4	29%	22.2
112	Swansea	13	5	38%	5.3
113	Burnley	13	5	38%	17.8
114	Aberdeen	12	7	58%	6.1
115	Stevenage	12	4	33%	13.6
116	Basingstoke	12	1	8%	10.6
117	Rugby	12	4	33%	15.4
118	Corby	11	3	27%	16.2
119	Paisley	10	5	50%	13
120	Dundee	9	6	67%	6.1
121	Redditch	9	3	33%	11
122	Chippenham	7	3	43%	18.9
123	Telford	7	3	43%	4.5
124	Wrexham	6	3	50%	9.2
125	Durham	5	2	40%	10.4

Collisions involving cyclists within each area’s boundary in 2025. Click an area for its full accident hotspot breakdown. Per-100k uses mid-2023 ONS population estimates.

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