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Buckinghamshire road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 684 road traffic collisions in Buckinghamshire in 2025, and 883 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 140 were serious.

Collisions were up 13% on 2024 (607), and casualties rose from 765.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 72,942 collisions in Buckinghamshire.

Collisions in 2025
684
Up 13% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
883
Up 15% on 2024
Fatal collisions
14
2% of collisions
Serious collisions
140
20% of collisions

Crash severity in Buckinghamshire in 2025

2% of collisions in Buckinghamshire in 2025 were fatal and 20% serious, against 1.9% and 18% in Buckinghamshire from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal142%
  • Serious14020%
  • Slight53077%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal161.8%
  • Serious15918%
  • Slight70880%

Buckinghamshire road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Buckinghamshire, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 2,274 in 1984. 2025 is highlighted, with 684, up 13% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 684
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025684883
2024607765
2023683868
2022700880
2021637795
2020599777
20197881,015
20188651,180
20177791,087
20169661,300
20151,0051,367
20141,1211,527
20131,0701,484
20121,1691,613
20111,2421,693
20101,2611,836
20091,3671,960
20081,4321,996
20071,6092,407
20061,7262,488
20051,7022,438
20041,7712,450
20031,7732,405
20021,8532,501
20012,0042,830
20002,0732,882
19992,0262,815
19982,0222,862
19972,1042,925
19962,0152,864
19951,7752,539
19941,9312,682
19931,9432,735
19922,0112,837
19911,9152,658
19902,0892,864
19892,1222,968
19882,0852,881
19871,9682,737
19862,1172,871
19852,0912,826
19842,2743,054
19832,0232,663
19821,9632,605
19811,9202,595
19801,1741,505
19791,8882,562

When and where crashes happen in Buckinghamshire in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday92 (13%)
  • Tuesday118 (17%)
  • Wednesday93 (14%)
  • Thursday123 (18%)
  • Friday109 (16%)
  • Saturday90 (13%)
  • Sunday59 (8.6%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5921 (3.1%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5915 (2.2%)
  • 06:00 to 08:59107 (16%)
  • 09:00 to 11:59107 (16%)
  • 12:00 to 14:59107 (16%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59160 (23%)
  • 18:00 to 20:59118 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5949 (7.2%)

Collisions by month

  • January59 (8.6%)
  • February52 (7.6%)
  • March61 (8.9%)
  • April71 (10%)
  • May47 (6.9%)
  • June62 (9.1%)
  • July53 (7.7%)
  • August59 (8.6%)
  • September55 (8%)
  • October45 (6.6%)
  • November50 (7.3%)
  • December70 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight494 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit93 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting74 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown19 (2.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds609 (89%)
  • Raining, no high winds49 (7.2%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other16 (2.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry531 (78%)
  • Wet or damp148 (22%)
  • Frost or ice5 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph353 (52%)
  • 40 mph67 (9.8%)
  • 50 mph37 (5.4%)
  • 60 mph147 (21%)
  • 70 mph79 (12%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway501 (73%)
  • Dual carriageway89 (13%)
  • Roundabout87 (13%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Buckinghamshire in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant498 (56%)
  • Pedestrian127 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist111 (13%)
  • Cyclist84 (9.5%)
  • Van occupant39 (4.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 516 (1.8%)
  • 6 to 1018 (2%)
  • 11 to 1537 (4.2%)
  • 16 to 20105 (12%)
  • 21 to 2585 (9.6%)
  • 26 to 35185 (21%)
  • 36 to 45140 (16%)
  • 46 to 55120 (14%)
  • 56 to 6580 (9.1%)
  • 66 to 7548 (5.4%)
  • Over 7543 (4.9%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.7%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider591 (67%)
  • Passenger165 (19%)
  • Pedestrian127 (14%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car881 (70%)
  • Motorcycle116 (9.2%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes96 (7.6%)
  • Pedal cycle85 (6.7%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes32 (2.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car19 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach8 (0.6%)
  • Agricultural vehicle5 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown5 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle4 (0.3%)
  • Other9 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Buckinghamshire in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Buckinghamshire

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Buckinghamshire ranked among 351 areas in 2025

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Buckinghamshire had the 28th most road collisions in 2025.

Collisions
28th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
21st
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
12th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
37th
highest of 351 areas

Accident hotspots in Buckinghamshire in 2025

Aylesbury North, Buckinghamshire, HP20 1ST area was the busiest accident hotspot in Buckinghamshire in 2025, with 26 collisions, 2 of them serious.

Roads in Buckinghamshire with the most crashes in 2025

The A40 had the most collisions in Buckinghamshire in 2025: 51, including 2 fatal and 12 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Buckinghamshire, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA405164212
2ndA413343914
3rdA413349013
4thM40325036
5thA404304404
6thM25303802
7thA412192913
8thA418182903
9thA4010151903
10thA416111200
11thA421111802
12thA355101613
13thA4155101103
14thB41691002
15thA41287913
16thA41467801
17thB4747702
18thB48871211
19thA40946600
20thA4226710

Towns in Buckinghamshire: crashes in 2025

Aylesbury had the most collisions of any town in Buckinghamshire in 2025: 91.

Postcode districts in Buckinghamshire: crashes in 2025

HP11 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Buckinghamshire in 2025: 61.

Former districts in Buckinghamshire in 2025

Buckinghamshire now covers 4 former district councils, abolished in April 2020. Of these, Aylesbury Vale had the most collisions in 2025: 237.

Latest crashes in Buckinghamshire in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Buckinghamshire in 2025, none were fatal and 8 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2025.

Severity

Buckinghamshire road accidents in other years