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Road collisions in Waltham Forest

Police recorded 2,664 road collisions involving injury in Waltham Forest between 2021 and 2025, about 533 a year. 13 of them were fatal, and an estimated 350 involved serious injury once DfT's severity adjustment is applied. These are reported injury collisions only: damage-only incidents and unreported injuries are not included.

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When collisions happen

The busiest hour was 3pm to 4pm, and 31% of collisions happened between 3pm and 7pm (lower than the 32% across Great Britain). Friday had the most collisions, and 27% happened at weekends.

Trend over time

Reported collisions went from 597 in 2021 to 502 in 2025, a fall of 16%. Counts are affected by traffic levels, population and changes in how police record injuries, so Waltham Forest should not be ranked against other areas on these numbers alone.

Who is affected

Across Waltham Forest, 3,097 people were injured or killed in these collisions. Pedestrians were 17% of casualties (14% across Great Britain), pedal cyclists 20% (12%) and motorcyclists 18% (12%). Car and taxi occupants made up 37%. 6 of the pedestrians were killed.

Children aged 0 to 15 were 7% of casualties, lower than the 9% national share. People aged 16 to 25 were 19% (21% nationally), and people over 65 were 5% (10% nationally).

Casualties by age

Vehicles involved

18.7% of collisions involved a pedestrian casualty (17.7% nationally), 23.1% a cyclist (15.0%) and 20.9% a motorcyclist (15.3%). 1.8% involved a goods vehicle (3.9% nationally) and 18.1% involved a driver aged 17 to 24 (21.1%). 68 collisions involved an e-scooter.

Collision hotspots in Waltham Forest

These are the 100 metre squares with the most reported collisions in 2021 to 2025. Location is the average position of the collisions in each square, so treat it as approximate.

Roads and streets with the most collisions

Each collision is matched to the nearest named road. Long roads and busy town centres collect the most, so this list shows where collisions are recorded, not which streets are riskiest.

Numbered roads with the most collisions

91% of collisions happened on roads with a 30 mph limit or lower (69% nationally), and 0% on roads with a 60 or 70 mph limit (18% nationally). 70% were at or within 20 metres of a junction or roundabout, higher than the national 54%.

Only numbered roads are listed here. Named streets are in the table above.

Conditions

31% of collisions in Waltham Forest happened in darkness, higher than the 28% across Great Britain. 93% happened on roads classed as urban, higher than the national 67%.

Type of road

Speed limit

Junctions

Light conditions

Urban or rural

About these figures

Only collisions involving injury that were reported to the police are counted. The figures are not adjusted for traffic volume or population, so they should not be used to rank areas against each other. Serious and slight splits use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment. Full explanation.