Accident hotspots in Lincoln: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 242 road collisions in Lincoln in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
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Road Risk Score
Lincoln ranks 84 of 125 towns we score — band C, around average
33 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents, 141.7 vehicle crimes per 100,000, 50.8% of collisions involving someone outside a car, and a five-year trend of +10%. How the score works.
Vulnerable road users in Lincoln (2025)
49 of Lincoln's 242 collisions (20%) involved pedestrians; 27 of Lincoln's 242 collisions (11%) involved cyclists; 47 of Lincoln's 242 collisions (19%) involved motorcyclists. Together those collisions left 24 people killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Collisions | Share of all collisions | Killed or seriously injured | Serious-outcome rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 49 | 20% | 10 | 20% |
| Cyclists | 27 | 11% | 4 | 15% |
| Motorcyclists | 47 | 19% | 10 | 21% |
26 of Lincoln’s collisions in 2025 involved a child casualty.
Lincoln’s busiest collision clusters (2025)
Each circle is a ~100m cluster of police-reported collisions. Larger circles = more collisions; red = at least one death. Click a circle for details.
The short answer
Lincoln recorded 242 police-reported collisions in 2025 — falling (-6.2% on 2024), or about 235 per 100,000 residents. Its most stubborn risk is Riseholme Roundabout, Ermine, a hotspot in 4 of the last 5 years.
242
Collisions in Lincoln (2025)
286
People injured or killed
-6.2%
Change vs 2024
~260
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Lincoln’s junctions that stay dangerous
These locations recorded multiple collisions in at least four of the last five years (2021–2025) — a persistent pattern, not a one-off bad year.
Riseholme Roundabout, Ermine
A46
10 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 12 casualties · 0 serious or fatal
Lincoln’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carholme Road, New Boultham | A57 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | A46, Ermine West | A46 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | B1398, Ermine West | B1273 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Carholme Road, New Boultham | B1273 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Brayford Way, New Boultham | B1273 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What to do with this: if your regular routes cross the junctions above, they deserve extra care at peak times — these aren’t random locations, they’re where collisions repeat. For context, Lincoln’s rate of 235 per 100,000 residents compares with an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track. A junction with a documented five-year history is also the strongest evidence a campaign can put in front of a councillor.
Vulnerable road users in Lincoln in 2025: 49 collisions involved a pedestrian, 27 a cyclist and 47 a motorcyclist — overall, 235 collisions per 100,000 residents.
Area definition: figures cover 6km radius of the town centre. Per-100k rates use the mid-2023 ONS population estimate for the named town or district; where the area is radius-defined, treat the rate as indicative.
These figures come from the Department for Transport’s STATS19 dataset — every collision reported to the police in 2025 — clustered to roughly 100 metres and labelled via OpenStreetMap. Only police-reported incidents are included, so minor damage-only bumps are undercounted. See the full UK hotspots analysis for the national picture and methodology.
Need this cut a different way? A junction’s full history, cyclist or pedestrian casualties on their own, or a before-and-after on a scheme: we produce those, free for community groups, campaigners and journalists.
Lincoln over 5 years
Collisions per year in Lincoln
2025: 242 (down 6.2% on the year before) · peak 258 in 2024 · +10% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
2024 was Lincoln’s worst year of the period with 258 collisions, against 220 in 2021. Of 2025’s 286 casualties, 34 were killed or seriously injured (3 deaths, 31 serious).
Build the Lincoln story from this page
Every line below is computed from the official DfT STATS19 dataset and updates when new data is released — copy, check, publish. Free to use with a link to this page as the source.
- “Police recorded 242 road collisions in Lincoln in 2025, injuring or killing 286 people (DfT STATS19).
- “2024 was Lincoln's worst year of the last 5 (258 collisions, against 220 in 2021).
- “Lincoln's collision rate is 235 per 100,000 residents, against an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track.
- “49 collisions involved pedestrians, 27 collisions involved cyclists, 47 collisions involved motorcyclists — with 24 of those people killed or seriously injured.
- “26 collisions in Lincoln involved a child casualty in 2025.
Attribution: “Analysis by Swift Assist (swiftassistuk.co.uk) of DfT STATS19 data” with a link to this page. Methodology: how we process the data.
Lincoln's roads are Lincolnshire's responsibility
Collisions above are counted for Lincoln. The body that maintains those roads, sets the speed limits and decides which junctions get fixed is Lincolnshire — so that is the level at which the record can be compared with anywhere else in Britain.
Per mile driven
39 of 192
Per resident
45 of 188
Risk band
Above average
Five-year trend
up 11.7%
The full record for Lincolnshire — severity-adjusted casualties, the breakdown of who is being hurt, the darkness and ice profile, and a comparison against its ONS statistical neighbours rather than the national average — is on its own page.
Lincolnshire’s full road risk record →What actually changes the odds in Lincoln
Data is only useful if it changes what you do. These three are picked from Lincoln’s own figures above, each with the number that prompted it. Every guide explains how the thing works before it suggests buying anything, and most cost less than a third of a typical insurance excess.
Alarmed disc lock
£20–£50
Motorcyclists are in 19% of Lincoln's collisions, and bikes are also lifted rather than ridden away. An alarmed disc lock covers the theft half for about £30.
How it works →
Dashcam (parking mode)
£50–£150
20% of collisions here involve a pedestrian, and those are the cases most often argued over. Footage removes the argument.
How it works →
Faraday key pouch / box
£9–£25
Even at Lincoln's 142 vehicle crimes per 100,000 residents, relay theft is the method that needs no tools and leaves no damage. The pouch is the cheapest thing that stops it.
How it works →
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Where cyclists are hurt across Britain, from the same records.
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