Data stories from Britain's roads
Findings from our live datasets — published as the data lands, free to quote with a link.
26 August 2026
The dark-nights myth: winter car crime jumps 215% in Liverpool but falls in seaside towns
New analysis of street-level police records across 88 UK town centres finds almost no national winter rise in vehicle crime - but a dramatic town-by-town split that turns the received wisdom on its head.
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19 August 2026
Cardiff's vehicle crime more than doubles as 16,000 crimes hit UK town centres in a year
New analysis of street-level police records puts Cardiff top of the UK's town-centre vehicle crime table — up 145% year-on-year — with Norwich, Portsmouth and Hull leading per-resident rates.
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17 August 2026
The car that fails its MOT half the time: five years of DVSA data name Britain's test-bay strugglers
Across 130+ million tests since 2019, the Nissan Primastar has failed first time in more than half of attempts every single year — while the national pass rate quietly improved to 71.4%.
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15 August 2026
The junctions Britain hasn't fixed: 12 locations were collision hotspots in every one of the last five years
New 2025 collision data confirms a stubborn pattern: a dozen junctions — eleven in London, one in Oxford — have recorded repeat collisions every year since 2021, led by Mitcham Road in Furzedown with 56.
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