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Wycombe road accidents in 2016: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 297 road traffic collisions in Wycombe in 2016, and 392 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 58 were serious.

Collisions were down 1% on 2015 (299), and casualties fell from 414.

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 2016
297
Down 1% on 2015
Casualties in 2016
392
Down 5% on 2015
Fatal collisions
6
2% of collisions
Serious collisions
58
20% of collisions

Crash severity in Wycombe in 2016

2% of collisions in Wycombe in 2016 were fatal and 20% serious, against 1.6% and 17% in Wycombe from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal62%
  • Serious5820%
  • Slight23378%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal61.5%
  • Serious6416%
  • Slight32282%

Wycombe road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wycombe, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 791 in 1984. 2016 is highlighted, with 297, down 1% on 2015.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2016: 297
  • 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 2016

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday35 (12%)
  • Tuesday40 (13%)
  • Wednesday50 (17%)
  • Thursday50 (17%)
  • Friday56 (19%)
  • Saturday35 (12%)
  • Sunday31 (10%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5911 (3.7%)
  • 03:00 to 05:593 (1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5945 (15%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5943 (14%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5947 (16%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5979 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5949 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5920 (6.7%)

Collisions by month

  • January22 (7.4%)
  • February21 (7.1%)
  • March23 (7.7%)
  • April24 (8.1%)
  • May31 (10%)
  • June19 (6.4%)
  • July25 (8.4%)
  • August28 (9.4%)
  • September25 (8.4%)
  • October27 (9.1%)
  • November23 (7.7%)
  • December29 (9.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight221 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit35 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting28 (9.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds255 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds26 (8.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other8 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Road surface

  • Dry226 (76%)
  • Wet or damp64 (22%)
  • Frost or ice3 (1%)
  • Snow3 (1%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph185 (62%)
  • 40 mph19 (6.4%)
  • 50 mph16 (5.4%)
  • 60 mph40 (13%)
  • 70 mph36 (12%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway218 (73%)
  • Dual carriageway38 (13%)
  • Roundabout31 (10%)
  • One way street or slip road10 (3.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Wycombe in 2016

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant263 (67%)
  • Pedestrian41 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist35 (8.9%)
  • Cyclist32 (8.2%)
  • Van occupant12 (3.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 55 (1.3%)
  • 6 to 102 (0.5%)
  • 11 to 1513 (3.3%)
  • 16 to 2043 (11%)
  • 21 to 2560 (15%)
  • 26 to 3587 (22%)
  • 36 to 4558 (15%)
  • 46 to 5556 (14%)
  • 56 to 6532 (8.2%)
  • 66 to 7521 (5.4%)
  • Over 7511 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded4 (1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider275 (70%)
  • Passenger76 (19%)
  • Pedestrian41 (10%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car434 (76%)
  • Motorcycle36 (6.3%)
  • Pedal cycle33 (5.8%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes33 (5.8%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes9 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car8 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach7 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle6 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown2 (0.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Wycombe in 2016

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2016 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
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

Accident hotspots in Wycombe in 2016

Abbey, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2DB area was the busiest accident hotspot in Wycombe in 2016, with 31 collisions, 1 of them fatal.

Roads in Wycombe with the most crashes in 2016

The A40 had the most collisions in Wycombe in 2016: 37, including 4 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Wycombe, 2016
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA40374904
2ndA404293915
3rdM40283828
4thA4010273505
5thA4094122202
6thA41286602
7thA41556800
8thB4826703
9thB40093500
10thB44441101

Towns in Wycombe: crashes in 2016

High Wycombe had the most collisions of any town in Wycombe in 2016: 122.

Postcode districts in Wycombe: crashes in 2016

HP11 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Wycombe in 2016: 68.

Buckinghamshire and its former districts in 2016

Buckinghamshire recorded 966 collisions in 2016, and 31% of them were in the old Wycombe district.

Other former districts in Buckinghamshire

Latest crashes in Wycombe in 2016

Of the last 24 crashes in Wycombe in 2016, 1 was fatal and 2 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2016.

Severity

Wycombe road accidents in other years