Official DfT data · 2021–2025

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

14,959 police-reported collisions involved motorcyclists in 2025 — 5,905 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

• Fore Street, Edmonton is Britain’s worst spot for motorcyclists: 31 collisions across 2021–2025.
• 39% of 2025’s rider collisions were serious or fatal — far above the all-road-user average.
• Per resident, Birkenhead is the riskiest area we track for motorcyclists: 83 collisions per 100,000 people in 2025.
• Casualties among motorcyclists have fallen over five years: 15,838 in 2021 to 15,447 in 2025.

The map

Where motorcyclists are most at risk (2021–2025)

#	Location	Road	Collisions	Casualties	Serious/fatal
1	Fore Street, Edmonton	A1010	31	34	1
2	London Road, Norbury	A23	28	28	0
3	Chipstead Avenue, Thornton Heath	B266	19	19	0
4	Womersley Road, Stroud Green	Local road	19	19	0
5	Mayday Road, Thornton Heath	A235	18	19	1
6	Britannia Way, Fulham	A308	18	18	0
7	Lavender Hill, Clapham Junction	A3036	18	18	0
8	London Road, Thornton Heath	A235	16	16	0
9	Silverleigh Road, Thornton Heath	A23	15	15	1
10	Kempton Road, Little Ilford	Local road	15	15	0
11	Hornsey Road, Holloway	A103	15	15	3
12	Broad Lane, West Green	A10	14	15	2
13	Streatham High Road, Streatham	A23	14	17	3
14	Studdridge Street, Fulham	A217	14	14	0
15	Dulka Road, Clapham Junction	Local road	14	14	0
16	Commercial Road, Stepney	A13	13	13	2
17	Rowstock Gardens, Tufnell Park	A503	13	13	3
18	Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel	A11	13	16	0
19	East Road, Hoxton	A501	13	14	0
20	Cowper Road, London Borough of Ealing	Local road	13	13	0
21	Waggoners Roundabout, Cranford	A4	13	13	2
22	Battersea Church Road, Battersea	A3220	13	14	2
23	London Road, Norbury	A23	13	14	1
24	Hillbeck Close, Peckham	A2	13	13	2
25	Brodrick Road, Balham	A214	12	12	2

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

Every area we track

Motorcyclists at risk, area by area (2025)

#	Area	Collisions (2025)	Serious/fatal	% serious	Per 100k residents
1	London	4,111	794	19%	46
2	Wiltshire	155	76	49%	29.8
3	Birmingham	139	41	29%	12
4	Bristol	130	49	38%	27.1
5	Portsmouth	117	39	33%	56.3
6	Southampton	113	38	34%	45.4
7	Plymouth	110	32	29%	41.7
8	Bournemouth	100	40	40%	50.8
9	Leeds	94	53	56%	11.4
10	Nottingham	79	28	35%	24.1
11	Brighton	79	25	32%	28.5
12	Liverpool	77	32	42%	15.5
13	Norwich	76	31	41%	52.8
14	Birkenhead	73	28	38%	83
15	Reading	67	12	18%	38.5
16	Hull	67	24	36%	25.1
17	Poole	66	27	41%	43.7
18	Medway (Gillingham)	63	26	41%	57.3
19	Dudley	60	23	38%	75.9
20	Northampton	59	20	34%	26.2
21	Sheffield	56	22	39%	9.9
22	Bradford	56	26	46%	10
23	Derby	56	22	39%	21.7
24	West Bromwich	56	25	45%	71.8
25	Watford	52	13	25%	51
26	Glasgow	51	31	61%	8.1
27	Southend-on-Sea	51	15	29%	27.9
28	Ipswich	49	16	33%	33.8
29	Hastings	49	19	39%	53.8
30	Lincoln	47	10	21%	45.6
31	Edinburgh	46	21	46%	8.7
32	Swindon	46	13	28%	25.1
33	Slough	46	13	28%	28
34	Woking	45	16	36%	43.7
35	York	44	12	27%	21.8
36	Manchester	43	26	60%	7.6
37	Stoke-on-Trent	43	21	49%	16.8
38	Blackpool	41	25	61%	29.5
39	Rotherham	41	23	56%	37.6
40	Colchester	41	15	37%	33.6
41	Crawley	40	14	35%	33.9
42	Worthing	40	15	38%	36
43	Basingstoke	40	20	50%	35.4
44	Leicester	38	16	42%	10.2
45	Gateshead	38	15	39%	31.7
46	Huddersfield	37	17	46%	22.8
47	Maidstone	37	13	35%	31.6
48	Exeter	37	11	30%	28.2
49	Mansfield	37	14	38%	33.6
50	Newcastle upon Tyne	36	18	50%	11.7
51	Wolverhampton	36	18	50%	13.7
52	Salford	36	25	69%	27.7
53	Walsall	36	17	47%	53.7
54	Guildford	36	17	47%	46.8
55	Oxford	33	8	24%	21.7
56	Grimsby	33	11	33%	38.4
57	Peterborough	33	18	55%	18
58	Basildon	33	15	45%	30.6
59	Eastbourne	32	18	56%	31.7
60	Cambridge	31	13	42%	21.2
61	Preston	31	19	61%	21.1
62	Warrington	31	11	35%	18.8
63	Gloucester	31	8	26%	23.5
64	High Wycombe	31	8	26%	24.8
65	Nuneaton	31	13	42%	35.2
66	Luton	30	10	33%	14.1
67	Canterbury	30	8	27%	54.5
68	Torquay	30	7	23%	46.2
69	St Helens	29	14	48%	28.4
70	Chesterfield	29	12	41%	33
71	Stockport	28	14	50%	20.4
72	Oldham	28	16	57%	29.2
73	Chelmsford	28	7	25%	25.2
74	Middlesbrough	27	15	56%	18.9
75	Coventry	26	12	46%	7.3
76	Lancaster	26	17	65%	50
77	Wakefield	26	7	27%	26.3
78	South Shields	26	13	50%	34.7
79	Bedford	26	11	42%	24.3
80	Salisbury	25	14	56%	61
81	Paisley	24	16	67%	31.2
82	Halifax	24	10	42%	27.3
83	Ashford (Kent)	24	13	54%	32
84	Cardiff	23	8	35%	6.2
85	Blackburn	23	11	48%	19.7
86	Barnsley	23	14	61%	25.3
87	Crewe	22	12	55%	30.1
88	Cheltenham	22	11	50%	18.8
89	Milton Keynes	21	7	33%	8
90	Dundee	21	12	57%	14.2
91	Doncaster	21	13	62%	19.3
92	Solihull	21	6	29%	17.1
93	Winchester	21	10	48%	46.7
94	Chester	20	11	55%	25.3
95	Kettering	20	9	45%	31.7
96	St Albans	19	6	32%	22.9
97	Sunderland	18	12	67%	6.5
98	Newport	18	10	56%	11.3
99	Wigan	18	8	44%	17.5
100	Stockton-on-Tees	18	11	61%	21.2
101	Bath	18	13	72%	19.1
102	Telford	17	7	41%	11
103	Scunthorpe	16	5	31%	20.3
104	Worcester	16	7	44%	15.5
105	Aylesbury	16	6	38%	18.4
106	Burton upon Trent	16	8	50%	21.1
107	Aberdeen	15	7	47%	7.6
108	Swansea	15	7	47%	6.1
109	Bolton	15	11	73%	7.7
110	Burnley	14	8	57%	19.2
111	Stevenage	14	7	50%	15.9
112	Wrexham	13	7	54%	20
113	Harrogate	13	6	46%	17.3
114	Rugby	13	7	54%	16.7
115	Rochdale	12	8	67%	10.8
116	Hartlepool	12	8	67%	13.6
117	Corby	12	5	42%	17.6
118	Darlington	11	4	36%	11.8
119	Durham	11	8	73%	22.9
120	Carlisle	10	4	40%	13.3
121	Taunton	10	4	40%	15.4
122	Redditch	9	6	67%	11
123	Chippenham	8	2	25%	21.6
124	Shrewsbury	7	3	43%	9.2
125	Hereford	7	1	14%	11.1

Collisions involving motorcyclists 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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The UK's most dangerous roads for motorcyclists (2025 data)

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