The A428: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 106 people were killed or seriously injured in 97 collisions on the A428, making it the 128th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
97
serious or fatal collisions
106
people killed or seriously injured
9
collisions that took a life
#128
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A428 carries 449 recorded injury collisions over the period, 97 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in West Northamptonshire, Rugby, South Cambridgeshire, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 9%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 30 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2023 with 26 serious collisions, and the count is up 7% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A428
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
- West Northamptonshire39 KSI
- Rugby20 KSI
- South Cambridgeshire13 KSI
- Bedford9 KSI
- Huntingdonshire7 KSI
- Coventry7 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A428
2025: 16 (down 0% on the year before) · peak 26 in 2023 · +6.7% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A428
How many accidents happen on the A428?
Police recorded 449 injury collisions on the A428 over 2021–2025, of which 97 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 106 people killed or seriously injured, including 9 fatal collisions.
Is the A428 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 128 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 118 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 A428 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in West Northamptonshire, Rugby, 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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