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?

[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!

[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.