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HP10 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
2,873
1,360th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
3,967
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
48
53 people killed
Serious collisions
536
617 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
26
Up 8% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
35
Up 21% on 2024

Road collision statistics for HP10

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal481.7%
  • Serious53619%
  • Slight2,28980%

What the data shows

  • HP10 had 252 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 487 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in HP10 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 331 children under 16 were killed or injured in HP10, 8.5% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in HP10.

Where HP10 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,360th
Most casualties
1,331st
Most fatal collisions
1,255th
Most serious collisions
1,389th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday371 (13%)
  • Tuesday378 (13%)
  • Wednesday451 (16%)
  • Thursday437 (15%)
  • Friday505 (18%)
  • Saturday395 (14%)
  • Sunday336 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,909 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit458 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting413 (14%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown73 (2.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit16 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,053 (71%)
  • Dual carriageway631 (22%)
  • Roundabout160 (5.6%)
  • One way street or slip road22 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph1,163 (40%)
  • 40 mph378 (13%)
  • 50 mph102 (3.6%)
  • 60 mph616 (21%)
  • 70 mph613 (21%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,250 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds392 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds34 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist32 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds29 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds14 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.1%)
  • Other81 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded37 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,767 (70%)
  • Motorcyclist403 (10%)
  • Pedestrian297 (7.5%)
  • Cyclist253 (6.4%)
  • Van occupant126 (3.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)58 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant17 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant17 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant15 (0.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

HP10 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in HP10, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in HP10 peaked at 105 in 1984; 2025 had 26.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 26
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252635
20242429
20232129
20222328
20212224
20202737
20192436
20182632
20172942
20163042
20153650
20144760
20133243
20125066
20114259
20104559
20095168
20084574
200783123
20065680
20056189
200473107
20037596
200292120
2001102139
200075111
199989143
199887143
199780107
199683102
199578114
199478109
199372106
199293136
19917796
19907093
198980109
198871107
19876696
198679102
19857392
1984105141
198394126
198281111
198175101
19805867
19796788

Map of recent crashes in HP10

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in HP10

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in HP10

The 24 most recent collisions in HP10 happened between 13 March and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in HP10

The M40 has the most collisions in HP10, 576 of 2,873 (20%), followed by the A4094 (380).

Collisions in HP10 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM405768782193
2ndA4094380469575
3rdA40314396557
4thB474186273338
5thA4046610828
6thB44406489112

Council area for HP10

HP10 is in Buckinghamshire, where police recorded 72,942 collisions from 1979 to 2025. HP10 accounts for 3.9% of them.

Towns in HP10

Collisions in HP10 were recorded in 3 towns, led by Bourne End and Flackwell Heath (1,400) and Hazlemere (296).