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Wycombe road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 215 road traffic collisions in Wycombe in 2025, and 275 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 47 were serious.

Collisions were up 6% on 2024 (202), and casualties rose from 244.

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 2025
215
Up 6% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
275
Up 13% on 2024
Fatal collisions
3
1.4% of collisions
Serious collisions
47
22% of collisions

Crash severity in Wycombe in 2025

1.4% of collisions in Wycombe in 2025 were fatal and 22% serious, against 1.6% and 17% in Wycombe from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal31.4%
  • Serious4722%
  • Slight16577%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal41.5%
  • Serious4817%
  • Slight22381%

Wycombe road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wycombe, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 791 in 1984. 2025 is highlighted, with 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 in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (13%)
  • Tuesday41 (19%)
  • Wednesday29 (13%)
  • Thursday40 (19%)
  • Friday37 (17%)
  • Saturday29 (13%)
  • Sunday12 (5.6%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:598 (3.7%)
  • 03:00 to 05:596 (2.8%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5929 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5930 (14%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5931 (14%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5947 (22%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5946 (21%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5918 (8.4%)

Collisions by month

  • January15 (7%)
  • February11 (5.1%)
  • March23 (11%)
  • April24 (11%)
  • May24 (11%)
  • June18 (8.4%)
  • July17 (7.9%)
  • August23 (11%)
  • September19 (8.8%)
  • October11 (5.1%)
  • November11 (5.1%)
  • December19 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight158 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit31 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (8.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (3.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds193 (90%)
  • Raining, no high winds14 (6.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Other7 (3.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry175 (81%)
  • Wet or damp40 (19%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph136 (63%)
  • 40 mph14 (6.5%)
  • 50 mph9 (4.2%)
  • 60 mph38 (18%)
  • 70 mph17 (7.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway163 (76%)
  • Roundabout28 (13%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (9.3%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Wycombe in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant141 (51%)
  • Pedestrian50 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist41 (15%)
  • Cyclist27 (9.8%)
  • Van occupant14 (5.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 58 (2.9%)
  • 6 to 105 (1.8%)
  • 11 to 1513 (4.7%)
  • 16 to 2047 (17%)
  • 21 to 2521 (7.6%)
  • 26 to 3551 (19%)
  • 36 to 4548 (17%)
  • 46 to 5535 (13%)
  • 56 to 6522 (8%)
  • 66 to 7512 (4.4%)
  • Over 7512 (4.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider179 (65%)
  • Pedestrian50 (18%)
  • Passenger46 (17%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car275 (71%)
  • Motorcycle42 (11%)
  • Pedal cycle27 (7%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes26 (6.7%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes5 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car5 (1.3%)
  • Agricultural vehicle1 (0.3%)
  • Bus or coach1 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle1 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Wycombe in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 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 2025

Abbey, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2DB area was the busiest accident hotspot in Wycombe in 2025, with 23 collisions, 1 of them serious.

Roads in Wycombe with the most crashes in 2025

The A40 had the most collisions in Wycombe in 2025: 29, including 1 fatal and 6 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Wycombe, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA40293316
2ndA404223403
3rdM40173014
4thA4010141802
5thA4155101103
6thA40946600
7thA41286803
8thB4826603
9thA4821100
10thB40091201

Towns in Wycombe: crashes in 2025

High Wycombe had the most collisions of any town in Wycombe in 2025: 87.

Postcode districts in Wycombe: crashes in 2025

HP11 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Wycombe in 2025: 61.

Buckinghamshire and its former districts in 2025

Buckinghamshire recorded 684 collisions in 2025, and 31% of them were in the old Wycombe district.

Other former districts in Buckinghamshire

Latest crashes in Wycombe in 2025

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

Severity

Wycombe road accidents in other years