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BS9 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,701 road traffic collisions in the BS9 postcode district, Bristol, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,439 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 54 were fatal and 408 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 34 collisions, up 6% on 2024 (32).

Collisions since 1979
2,701
1,427th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
3,439
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
54
57 people killed
Serious collisions
408
482 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
34
Up 6% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
43
Up 5% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BS9

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal542%
  • Serious40815%
  • Slight2,23983%

What the data shows

  • BS9 had 332 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 525 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in BS9 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 352 children under 16 were killed or injured in BS9, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in BS9.

Where BS9 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,427th
Most casualties
1,510th
Most fatal collisions
1,074th
Most serious collisions
1,735th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday385 (14%)
  • Tuesday444 (16%)
  • Wednesday387 (14%)
  • Thursday434 (16%)
  • Friday431 (16%)
  • Saturday373 (14%)
  • Sunday247 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,885 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit720 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown58 (2.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit17 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,237 (83%)
  • Dual carriageway253 (9.4%)
  • Roundabout164 (6.1%)
  • One way street or slip road16 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded31 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph172 (6.4%)
  • 30 mph2,301 (85%)
  • 40 mph59 (2.2%)
  • 50 mph156 (5.8%)
  • 60 mph12 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,080 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds372 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds49 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds36 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds16 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist14 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.2%)
  • Other75 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded54 (2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,797 (52%)
  • Motorcyclist541 (16%)
  • Cyclist483 (14%)
  • Pedestrian465 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant78 (2.3%)
  • Van occupant28 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant16 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant11 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.1%)
  • Other4 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BS9 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BS9, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BS9 peaked at 84 in 1984; 2025 had 34.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 34
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253443
20243241
20232734
20223438
20213131
20202937
20193137
20183139
20173647
20164748
20153947
20144244
20133848
20125058
20114559
20105772
20096585
20085060
20076385
20067698
200569101
20047495
200383104
20026586
20017796
20006169
19997194
199882109
19975575
19967393
19957186
19946393
199376102
19926178
19915463
19906375
198973103
19885465
19876984
19866993
19855877
198484102
19836076
198277104
19816792
19805573
197980100

Map of recent crashes in BS9

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BS9

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BS9

The 24 most recent collisions in BS9 happened between 11 May and 15 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BS9

The A4018 has the most collisions in BS9, 497 of 2,701 (18%), followed by the B4054 (339).

Collisions in BS9 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4018497656765
2ndB4054339433264
3rdB4056260304225
4thA42182951849
5thA4162194279731
6thB4055140167315
7thB446891103
8thA41764401
9thB40574501

Council area for BS9

BS9 is in Bristol, where police recorded 59,613 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BS9 accounts for 4.5% of them.

Town in BS9

Of the 2,701 collisions in BS9, 2,169 (80%) were in Bristol.