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Wycombe road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 23,503 road traffic collisions in Wycombe from 1979 to 2025, and 31,521 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 385 were fatal and 4,012 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 215 collisions, up 6% on 2024 (202), and casualties rose from 244 to 275.

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

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
23,503
Casualties
31,521
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
385
1.6% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
215
Up 6% on 2024

Crash severity in Wycombe

1.6% of collisions in Wycombe from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 17% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal3851.6%
  • Serious4,01217%
  • Slight19,10681%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal4111.3%
  • Serious4,67715%
  • Slight26,43384%

Wycombe road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wycombe, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 791 in 1984. In 2025 there were 215, up 6% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 215
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025215275
2024202244
2023213279
2022250302
2021195230
2020186244
2019234300
2018257338
2017231315
2016297392
2015299414
2014349466
2013309417
2012342440
2011402539
2010381551
2009397570
2008449618
2007502703
2006478676
2005512713
2004575762
2003558769
2002599767
2001659894
2000644869
1999667920
1998648930
1997690910
1996654929
1995612859
1994626850
1993599828
1992705964
1991668857
1990689896
1989637833
1988656851
1987659882
1986730975
1985730937
19847911,062
1983690905
1982666886
1981631850
1980389476
1979631834

When and where crashes happen in Wycombe

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday3,296 (14%)
  • Tuesday3,358 (14%)
  • Wednesday3,395 (14%)
  • Thursday3,525 (15%)
  • Friday4,009 (17%)
  • Saturday3,230 (14%)
  • Sunday2,690 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:59966 (4.1%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59338 (1.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:593,326 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:593,080 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:593,949 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:595,511 (23%)
  • 18:00 to 20:594,004 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:592,329 (9.9%)

Collisions by month

  • January2,005 (8.5%)
  • February1,647 (7%)
  • March1,882 (8%)
  • April1,756 (7.5%)
  • May1,972 (8.4%)
  • June1,922 (8.2%)
  • July2,021 (8.6%)
  • August1,828 (7.8%)
  • September2,077 (8.8%)
  • October2,152 (9.2%)
  • November2,246 (9.6%)
  • December1,995 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight16,430 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit4,337 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2,201 (9.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown417 (1.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit99 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded19 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds18,540 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds3,040 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds294 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds263 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist224 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds120 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds25 (0.1%)
  • Other737 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded260 (1.1%)

Road surface

  • Dry15,079 (64%)
  • Wet or damp7,559 (32%)
  • Frost or ice546 (2.3%)
  • Snow136 (0.6%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep43 (0.2%)
  • Oil or diesel8 (under 0.1%)
  • Mud3 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded129 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (under 0.1%)
  • 30 mph13,932 (59%)
  • 40 mph1,600 (6.8%)
  • 50 mph436 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph5,278 (22%)
  • 70 mph2,244 (9.5%)
  • Not recorded8 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway18,471 (79%)
  • Dual carriageway2,860 (12%)
  • Roundabout1,761 (7.5%)
  • One way street or slip road341 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded70 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Wycombe

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant20,090 (64%)
  • Pedestrian3,897 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist3,635 (12%)
  • Cyclist2,070 (6.6%)
  • Van occupant829 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant363 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)251 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant171 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant96 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant95 (0.3%)
  • Other15 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded9 (under 0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 5713 (2.3%)
  • 6 to 101,141 (3.6%)
  • 11 to 151,637 (5.2%)
  • 16 to 206,335 (20%)
  • 21 to 254,544 (14%)
  • 26 to 355,829 (18%)
  • 36 to 454,077 (13%)
  • 46 to 552,811 (8.9%)
  • 56 to 651,752 (5.6%)
  • 66 to 751,078 (3.4%)
  • Over 75833 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded771 (2.4%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider20,212 (64%)
  • Passenger7,412 (24%)
  • Pedestrian3,897 (12%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car34,692 (76%)
  • Motorcycle3,711 (8.2%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes2,199 (4.8%)
  • Pedal cycle2,126 (4.7%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes1,205 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach679 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car286 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle262 (0.6%)
  • Minibus137 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown30 (0.1%)
  • Other48 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded129 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Wycombe

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Wycombe

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 Wycombe

Abbey, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2DB area is the busiest accident hotspot in Wycombe, with 938 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 6 of them fatal.

Roads in Wycombe with the most crashes

The A40 had the most collisions in Wycombe from 1979 to 2025: 2,969, including 41 fatal and 513 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Wycombe, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA402,9693,84541513
2ndA4042,0282,74434283
3rdM401,8572,97145287
4thA40101,6252,24742300
5thA41551,2611,64017213
6thA412869792816118
7thA40946378118117
8thB48262091025127
9thB40093154541465
10thA4129160208228
11thB474109156219
12thB44446687218
13thB44406489112
14thB4806602
15thA4132201
16thA3291100
17thA41261400
18thA41301210
19thA41381100
20thA4221100

Towns in Wycombe

High Wycombe had the most collisions of any town in Wycombe from 1979 to 2025: 9,183.

Postcode districts in Wycombe

HP11 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Wycombe from 1979 to 2025: 4,514.

Buckinghamshire and its former districts

Buckinghamshire recorded 72,942 collisions from 1979 to 2025, and 32% of them were in the old Wycombe district.

Other former districts in Buckinghamshire

Latest crashes in Wycombe

Of the latest 24 crashes in Wycombe, none were fatal and 7 were serious. The most recent was on 24 December 2025.

Severity