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Wycombe road accidents in 2001: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 659 road traffic collisions in Wycombe in 2001, and 894 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 89 were serious.

Collisions were up 2% on 2000 (644), and casualties rose from 869.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 23,503 collisions in Wycombe.

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

Collisions in 2001
659
Up 2% on 2000
Casualties in 2001
894
Up 3% on 2000
Fatal collisions
14
2.1% of collisions
Serious collisions
89
14% of collisions

Crash severity in Wycombe in 2001

2.1% of collisions in Wycombe in 2001 were fatal and 14% serious, against 1.6% and 17% in Wycombe from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal142.1%
  • Serious8914%
  • Slight55684%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal151.7%
  • Serious11213%
  • Slight76786%

Wycombe road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wycombe, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 791 in 1984. 2001 is highlighted, with 659, up 2% on 2000.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2001
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
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 in 2001

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday100 (15%)
  • Tuesday88 (13%)
  • Wednesday122 (19%)
  • Thursday92 (14%)
  • Friday105 (16%)
  • Saturday87 (13%)
  • Sunday65 (9.9%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5928 (4.2%)
  • 03:00 to 05:598 (1.2%)
  • 06:00 to 08:59106 (16%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5989 (14%)
  • 12:00 to 14:59119 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59146 (22%)
  • 18:00 to 20:59109 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5954 (8.2%)

Collisions by month

  • January75 (11%)
  • February48 (7.3%)
  • March48 (7.3%)
  • April49 (7.4%)
  • May54 (8.2%)
  • June47 (7.1%)
  • July58 (8.8%)
  • August45 (6.8%)
  • September50 (7.6%)
  • October63 (9.6%)
  • November62 (9.4%)
  • December60 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight473 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit107 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting60 (9.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown19 (2.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds525 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds84 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.5%)
  • Other25 (3.8%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.9%)

Road surface

  • Dry377 (57%)
  • Wet or damp231 (35%)
  • Frost or ice31 (4.7%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep5 (0.8%)
  • Snow5 (0.8%)
  • Oil or diesel2 (0.3%)
  • Mud1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph327 (50%)
  • 40 mph49 (7.4%)
  • 50 mph9 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph195 (30%)
  • 70 mph79 (12%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway510 (77%)
  • Dual carriageway95 (14%)
  • Roundabout46 (7%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Wycombe in 2001

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant621 (69%)
  • Pedestrian89 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist73 (8.2%)
  • Cyclist39 (4.4%)
  • Van occupant31 (3.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant15 (1.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.7%)
  • Horse rider2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 516 (1.8%)
  • 6 to 1040 (4.5%)
  • 11 to 1541 (4.6%)
  • 16 to 20142 (16%)
  • 21 to 25105 (12%)
  • 26 to 35202 (23%)
  • 36 to 45124 (14%)
  • 46 to 5598 (11%)
  • 56 to 6552 (5.8%)
  • 66 to 7523 (2.6%)
  • Over 7523 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded28 (3.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider590 (66%)
  • Passenger215 (24%)
  • Pedestrian89 (10%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car1,009 (79%)
  • Motorcycle75 (5.9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes51 (4%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes50 (3.9%)
  • Pedal cycle39 (3.1%)
  • Bus or coach20 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car14 (1.1%)
  • Minibus8 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle7 (0.5%)
  • Agricultural vehicle3 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Wycombe in 2001

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2001 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 in 2001

Abbey, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2DB area was the busiest accident hotspot in Wycombe in 2001, with 58 collisions, 1 of them fatal.

Roads in Wycombe with the most crashes in 2001

The A40 had the most collisions in Wycombe in 2001: 83, including 2 fatal and 8 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Wycombe, 2001
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA408311128
2ndM406599011
3rdA404618728
4thA4010506739
5thA4155303702
6thB482202925
7thA4128162000
8thA4094141500
9thB4009121403
10thA41298902
11thB44402300
12thB4742401
13thB4801100

Towns in Wycombe: crashes in 2001

High Wycombe had the most collisions of any town in Wycombe in 2001: 227.

Postcode districts in Wycombe: crashes in 2001

HP11 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Wycombe in 2001: 108.

Buckinghamshire and its former districts in 2001

Buckinghamshire recorded 2,004 collisions in 2001, and 33% of them were in the old Wycombe district.

Other former districts in Buckinghamshire

Latest crashes in Wycombe in 2001

Of the last 24 crashes in Wycombe in 2001, none were fatal and 4 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2001.

Severity

Wycombe road accidents in other years