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Melksham South, Wiltshire, SN12 6LY area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
343
2,188th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
431
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Collisions in 2025
16
Up 33% on 2024

Crash severity at the SN12 6LY hotspot

49 of the 343 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal72%
  • Serious4212%
  • Slight29486%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
7
Seriously injured
52
Slightly injured
372
All casualties
431

Accidents by year at the SN12 6LY hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 24 in 2002, against an average of 14 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the SN12 6LY hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251623
20241216
20231018
20221414
20211111
202066
2019911
20181114
20171212
20161822
20151924
20142226
20131316
20121422
201179
20101315
20091112
2008914
20071214
20061517
20051419
20041820
20031013
20022435
20012328

Map of crashes at the SN12 6LY hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near SN12 6LY.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Melksham South, Wiltshire, SN12 6LY area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the SN12 6LY 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
Melksham South
Council area
Wiltshire
Nearest postcode to the centre
SN12 6LY
Postcode district
SN12
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.37423, -2.1398
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
9 December 2025
Rank by collisions
2,188th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the SN12 6LY hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A3102, with 111 of 343, followed by the A350 with 101.

Collisions at the SN12 6LY hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3102111148210
2ndA350101132214
3rdB3107121621
4thA3653401
5thB3101100
6thB3121101

Towns near the SN12 6LY hotspot

294 of the 343 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Melksham.

All 343 crashes at the SN12 6LY hotspot

Newest first, from 8 January 2001 to 9 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year