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Cotham, Bristol, BS6 5RH area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,080
310th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,218
1.13 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
29
Down 9% on 2024

Crash severity at the BS6 5RH hotspot

125 of the 1,080 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal30.3%
  • Serious12211%
  • Slight95588%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
124
Slightly injured
1,091
All casualties
1,218

Accidents by year at the BS6 5RH hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 62 in 2004, against an average of 43 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BS6 5RH hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 29
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252930
20243233
20233945
20224041
20214447
20202222
20193641
20183442
20173639
20163437
20153236
20144249
20134346
20125157
20115362
20104045
20094552
20084345
20075670
20064750
20055358
20046275
20035964
20025160
20015772

Map of crashes at the BS6 5RH hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BS6 5RH.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Cotham, Bristol, BS6 5RH area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BS6 5RH hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Cotham
Council area
Bristol
Nearest postcode to the centre
BS6 5RH
Postcode district
BS6
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.46669, -2.59141
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
22 December 2025
Rank by collisions
310th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BS6 5RH hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the A38, with 600 of 1,080, followed by the B4051 with 57.

Collisions at the BS6 5RH hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA38600687370
2ndB4051576004
3rdB4054151600
4thB40522200
5thA31100
6thA391100

Towns near the BS6 5RH hotspot

1,077 of the 1,080 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Bristol.

All 1,080 crashes at the BS6 5RH hotspot

Newest first, from 3 January 2001 to 22 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year