The A18: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 135 people were killed or seriously injured in 118 collisions on the A18, making it the 97th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
118
serious or fatal collisions
135
people killed or seriously injured
11
collisions that took a life
#97
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A18 carries 425 recorded injury collisions over the period, 118 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in North Lincolnshire, Doncaster, North East Lincolnshire, with 2 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 9%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 40 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2023 with 27 serious collisions, and the count is down 22% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A18
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
- North Lincolnshire56 KSI
- Doncaster48 KSI
- North East Lincolnshire8 KSI
- East Lindsey4 KSI
- West Lindsey2 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A18
2025: 18 (down 28% on the year before) · peak 27 in 2023 · -21.7% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A18
How many accidents happen on the A18?
Police recorded 425 injury collisions on the A18 over 2021–2025, of which 118 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 135 people killed or seriously injured, including 11 fatal collisions.
Is the A18 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 97 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 89 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 A18 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in North Lincolnshire, Doncaster, North East Lincolnshire. 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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