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Cotswold road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 372 road traffic collisions in Cotswold in 1979, and 526 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 170 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 13,812 collisions in Cotswold.

Collisions in 1979
372
Casualties in 1979
526
Fatal collisions
8
2.2% of collisions
Serious collisions
170
46% of collisions

Crash severity in Cotswold in 1979

2.2% of collisions in Cotswold in 1979 were fatal and 46% serious, against 3.9% and 25% in Cotswold from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal82.2%
  • Serious17046%
  • Slight19452%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal91.7%
  • Serious22142%
  • Slight29656%

Cotswold road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cotswold, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 417 in 1986. 1979 is highlighted, with 372.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025178265
2024205302
2023222332
2022163254
2021161249
2020144195
2019161235
2018138210
2017162256
2016168256
2015142223
2014156253
2013186274
2012194277
2011227334
2010241353
2009211327
2008258367
2007245347
2006297433
2005356519
2004359521
2003360551
2002360510
2001376549
2000336501
1999401593
1998365533
1997368555
1996378580
1995351537
1994362570
1993375556
1992374556
1991331504
1990359550
1989351562
1988401602
1987375560
1986417624
1985389605
1984396602
1983358510
1982352552
1981347529
1980384565
1979372526

When and where crashes happen in Cotswold in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday54 (15%)
  • Tuesday49 (13%)
  • Wednesday51 (14%)
  • Thursday38 (10%)
  • Friday68 (18%)
  • Saturday64 (17%)
  • Sunday48 (13%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:599 (2.4%)
  • 03:00 to 05:595 (1.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5938 (10%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5957 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5960 (16%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59105 (28%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5947 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5951 (14%)

Collisions by month

  • January20 (5.4%)
  • February26 (7%)
  • March29 (7.8%)
  • April27 (7.3%)
  • May34 (9.1%)
  • June31 (8.3%)
  • July25 (6.7%)
  • August33 (8.9%)
  • September21 (5.6%)
  • October44 (12%)
  • November26 (7%)
  • December56 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight255 (69%)
  • Dark, no street lighting64 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit45 (12%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (2.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds271 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds53 (14%)
  • Snowing, no high winds15 (4%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (2.7%)
  • Fog or mist10 (2.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Other3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry208 (56%)
  • Wet or damp107 (29%)
  • Frost or ice43 (12%)
  • Snow14 (3.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph97 (26%)
  • 40 mph13 (3.5%)
  • 60 mph149 (40%)
  • 70 mph113 (30%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway297 (80%)
  • Dual carriageway54 (15%)
  • One way street or slip road13 (3.5%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Cotswold in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant316 (60%)
  • Motorcyclist108 (21%)
  • Pedestrian32 (6.1%)
  • Cyclist26 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant22 (4.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.6%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 56 (1.1%)
  • 6 to 1011 (2.1%)
  • 11 to 1521 (4%)
  • 16 to 20131 (25%)
  • 21 to 2575 (14%)
  • 26 to 3578 (15%)
  • 36 to 4556 (11%)
  • 46 to 5557 (11%)
  • 56 to 6547 (8.9%)
  • 66 to 7536 (6.8%)
  • Over 758 (1.5%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider325 (62%)
  • Passenger169 (32%)
  • Pedestrian32 (6.1%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car397 (63%)
  • Motorcycle104 (16%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes43 (6.8%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes29 (4.6%)
  • Pedal cycle27 (4.3%)
  • Other vehicle14 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach10 (1.6%)
  • Minibus9 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Cotswold in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Cotswold

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

How Cotswold ranked among 349 areas in 1979

Of the 349 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Cotswold had fewer road collisions than 270 of them in 1979.

Collisions
271st
of 349 areas, highest first
Casualties
255th
of 349 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
275th
of 349 areas, highest first
Serious collisions
150th
highest of 349 areas

Roads in Cotswold with the most crashes in 1979

The A429 had the most collisions in Cotswold in 1979: 51, including 2 fatal and 20 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Cotswold, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4295173220
2ndA4174359122
3rdA40274419
4thA4332737114
5thA4352634011
6thA4192032010
7thA436162108
8thA44131905
9thA4681104
10thB406881201
11thB401471402
12thA4245801
13thB40814503
14thA3613300
15thA41353301
16thB40353502
17thB40773302
18thB40661110
19thB40701101
20thB44501200

Towns in Cotswold: crashes in 1979

Cirencester had the most collisions of any town in Cotswold in 1979: 40.

Postcode districts in Cotswold: crashes in 1979

GL7 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Cotswold in 1979: 158.

Latest crashes in Cotswold in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Cotswold in 1979, 1 was fatal and 12 were serious. The last was on 29 December 1979.

Severity

Cotswold road accidents in other years