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South Bucks road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 157 road traffic collisions in South Bucks in 2025, and 208 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 28 were serious.

Collisions were up 38% on 2024 (114), and casualties rose from 144.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 15,877 collisions in South Bucks.

District council until April 2020, now part of Buckinghamshire. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 2025
157
Up 38% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
208
Up 44% on 2024
Fatal collisions
3
1.9% of collisions
Serious collisions
28
18% of collisions

Crash severity in South Bucks in 2025

1.9% of collisions in South Bucks in 2025 were fatal and 18% serious, against 2.1% and 17% in South Bucks from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal31.9%
  • Serious2818%
  • Slight12680%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal31.4%
  • Serious3215%
  • Slight17383%

South Bucks road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in South Bucks, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 492 in 1997. 2025 is highlighted, with 157, up 38% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 157
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025157208
2024114144
2023106132
2022148197
2021151200
2020122152
2019175240
2018201271
2017177244
2016215292
2015228312
2014249352
2013271377
2012286425
2011309431
2010318452
2009308440
2008355500
2007375669
2006411587
2005390572
2004392565
2003407549
2002425610
2001444642
2000489697
1999490707
1998458647
1997492704
1996457654
1995370497
1994459645
1993437624
1992416594
1991425604
1990416593
1989463670
1988443621
1987408631
1986379555
1985403578
1984425557
1983385521
1982354483
1981353484
1980246315
1979375519

When and where crashes happen in South Bucks in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (17%)
  • Tuesday27 (17%)
  • Wednesday17 (11%)
  • Thursday25 (16%)
  • Friday22 (14%)
  • Saturday22 (14%)
  • Sunday17 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:594 (2.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (1.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5929 (18%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5924 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5923 (15%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5939 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5922 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5914 (8.9%)

Collisions by month

  • January12 (7.6%)
  • February13 (8.3%)
  • March14 (8.9%)
  • April16 (10%)
  • May5 (3.2%)
  • June22 (14%)
  • July11 (7%)
  • August9 (5.7%)
  • September16 (10%)
  • October11 (7%)
  • November12 (7.6%)
  • December16 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight112 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit25 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (8.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (3.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds140 (89%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (7%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other4 (2.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry125 (80%)
  • Wet or damp32 (20%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph45 (29%)
  • 40 mph27 (17%)
  • 50 mph10 (6.4%)
  • 60 mph28 (18%)
  • 70 mph47 (30%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway81 (52%)
  • Dual carriageway57 (36%)
  • Roundabout16 (10%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in South Bucks in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant133 (64%)
  • Pedestrian26 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist25 (12%)
  • Cyclist9 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant9 (4.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 53 (1.4%)
  • 6 to 102 (1%)
  • 11 to 156 (2.9%)
  • 16 to 2016 (7.7%)
  • 21 to 2522 (11%)
  • 26 to 3563 (30%)
  • 36 to 4529 (14%)
  • 46 to 5531 (15%)
  • 56 to 6514 (6.7%)
  • 66 to 7513 (6.3%)
  • Over 758 (3.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider137 (66%)
  • Passenger45 (22%)
  • Pedestrian26 (13%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car235 (73%)
  • Motorcycle28 (8.7%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes26 (8.1%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes14 (4.3%)
  • Pedal cycle9 (2.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car5 (1.6%)
  • Bus or coach2 (0.6%)
  • Minibus2 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for South Bucks in 2025

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

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

Accident hotspots in South Bucks in 2025

Farnhams & Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL3 6DN area, Gerrards Cross & Denham, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8AD area and Iver, Buckinghamshire, SL0 9AQ area were among the busiest accident hotspots in South Bucks in 2025, with 7 collisions each.

Roads in South Bucks with the most crashes in 2025

The M25 had the most collisions in South Bucks in 2025: 29, including 2 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in South Bucks, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM25293702
2ndA40202905
3rdA412192913
4thM40121412
5thB41691002
6thA35581412
7thB4744400
8thM44701
9thA40073302
10thA41101
11thA4131100
12thB30261100
13thB4701200

Towns in South Bucks: crashes in 2025

Slough had the most collisions of any town in South Bucks in 2025: 12.

Postcode districts in South Bucks: crashes in 2025

SL0 had the most collisions of any postcode district in South Bucks in 2025: 32.

Buckinghamshire and its former districts in 2025

Buckinghamshire recorded 684 collisions in 2025, and 23% of them were in the old South Bucks district.

Other former districts in Buckinghamshire

Latest crashes in South Bucks in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in South Bucks in 2025, none were fatal and 10 were serious. The last was on 23 December 2025.

Severity

South Bucks road accidents in other years