Recent Crash Data for a Road

[disago]

Is it possible to get information about dates and times of recent crashes on a given stretch of road?

[carlove]

There’s www.crashmap.co.uk but you have to pay for anything more than the date. Don’t know if any other sites

[disago]

That site doesn’t have 2020 year to date data unfortunately but its perfect otherwise. I suppose in 2021 it’ll be updated.

Thanks!

[coppice]

I sent an FOI request to my local (North Yorkshire) police about crash stats on various deserted roads where they love to locate their camera vans. Surely there had to be a reason other than the fact that , given no traffic , no junctions and no pedestrians , even slow drivers stray over 60 mph......

I only got a response after complaining to the Information Commissioner ( police were weeks outside the statutory time limit to respond ). The response said - we don't have direct info or records, it'd take well over 600 quid in staff time to research - which is a ground for refusal . How unreasonable of me to imagine the police , in 2020 , might have searchable data .....

[disago]

coppice said:

I sent an FOI request to my local (North Yorkshire) police

Is there any way to get the data from insurance companies? For the crashes i'm interested in, there might not be any police attendance, they might be small bumps.

The background to this is a 150m section of a 70mph motorway has been given a 40 mph limit. Drivers see the 40 signs and see the 70 signs straight after and so most ignore the signs. It occurs on a long-ish straight so average speeds through the 40 are ~75-85mph. However, every once in a while a driver slams on the brakes and drops to 40. All hell breaks loose. It's the fault of drivers sitting too close at high speed but someone's going to come a cropper and i suspect there has been an increase in accidents since the temp signs went in around 1 year ago.

[coppice]

Only if they want , as FOI only applies to government bodies , including councils , police commissioners etc