The A10: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 455 people were killed or seriously injured in 417 collisions on the A10, making it the 12th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
417
serious or fatal collisions
455
people killed or seriously injured
26
collisions that took a life
#12
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A10 carries 2,063 recorded injury collisions over the period, 417 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Hackney, Haringey, South Cambridgeshire, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 6%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 20 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2022 with 97 serious collisions, and the count is up 24% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A10
Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.
Where along the route
- Hackney128 KSI
- Haringey68 KSI
- South Cambridgeshire40 KSI
- Enfield35 KSI
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk33 KSI
- City of London33 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A10
2025: 89 (up 17.1% on the year before) · peak 97 in 2022 · +23.6% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A10
How many accidents happen on the A10?
Police recorded 2,063 injury collisions on the A10 over 2021–2025, of which 417 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 455 people killed or seriously injured, including 26 fatal collisions.
Is the A10 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 12 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 12 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.
Where on the A10 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Hackney, Haringey, South Cambridgeshire. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.
Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.
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