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OX26 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,786 road traffic collisions in the OX26 postcode district, Cherwell, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,597 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 49 were fatal and 439 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 22 collisions, down 37% on 2024 (35).

Collisions since 1979
2,786
1,399th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
3,597
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
49
52 people killed
Serious collisions
439
491 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
22
Down 37% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
27
Down 41% on 2024

Road collision statistics for OX26

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal491.8%
  • Serious43916%
  • Slight2,29882%

What the data shows

  • OX26 had 370 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 565 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in OX26 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 435 children under 16 were killed or injured in OX26, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in OX26.

Where OX26 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,399th
Most casualties
1,450th
Most fatal collisions
1,220th
Most serious collisions
1,663rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday415 (15%)
  • Tuesday397 (14%)
  • Wednesday432 (16%)
  • Thursday418 (15%)
  • Friday472 (17%)
  • Saturday375 (13%)
  • Sunday277 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,022 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit536 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting193 (6.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown18 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit15 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,132 (77%)
  • Roundabout285 (10%)
  • Dual carriageway280 (10%)
  • One way street or slip road86 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph22 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph1,591 (57%)
  • 40 mph118 (4.2%)
  • 50 mph204 (7.3%)
  • 60 mph610 (22%)
  • 70 mph239 (8.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,209 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds331 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds47 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds39 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist31 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (0.4%)
  • Other103 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded14 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,087 (58%)
  • Motorcyclist480 (13%)
  • Pedestrian428 (12%)
  • Cyclist406 (11%)
  • Van occupant104 (2.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)47 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant15 (0.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.1%)
  • Other5 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

OX26 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in OX26, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in OX26 peaked at 107 in 1997; 2025 had 22.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 22
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252227
20243546
20232935
20223740
20212630
20202732
20194955
20183546
20175970
20165166
20155460
20146073
20135671
20123040
20116177
20105274
20095773
20085572
20076293
200678101
20057298
20046274
20037598
20026984
200175100
200076103
199991126
19987695
1997107144
19966985
19956892
19946485
199374102
19926687
19914964
19906680
19896994
19887498
198773106
19866282
19855971
19846079
19837393
19826577
19815664
19805876
19794359

Map of recent crashes in OX26

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in OX26

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in OX26

The 24 most recent collisions in OX26 happened between 9 December 2024 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in OX26

The A41 has the most collisions in OX26, 500 of 2,786 (18%), followed by the A421 (296).

Collisions in OX26 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA415006591173
2ndA421296386736
3rdB4100245287326
4thA4095222292451
5thM40211364826
6thA442195116322
7thB40306997410
8thA4392022
9thB4305601

Council area for OX26

OX26 is in Cherwell, where police recorded 22,074 collisions from 1979 to 2025. OX26 accounts for 13% of them.

Town in OX26

Of the 2,786 collisions in OX26, 1,740 (62%) were in Bicester.