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SN38 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 89 road traffic collisions in the SN38 postcode district, Swindon, from 1979 to 2025, and 109 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 12 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
89
2,651st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
109
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
12
13 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for SN38

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious1213%
  • Slight7787%

What the data shows

  • SN38 had 13 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 20 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in SN38 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 8 children under 16 were killed or injured in SN38, 7.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in SN38.

Where SN38 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,651st
Most casualties
2,663rd
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,690th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday15 (17%)
  • Tuesday15 (17%)
  • Wednesday7 (7.9%)
  • Thursday16 (18%)
  • Friday10 (11%)
  • Saturday13 (15%)
  • Sunday13 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight69 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit17 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (2.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • One way street or slip road30 (34%)
  • Dual carriageway29 (33%)
  • Single carriageway16 (18%)
  • Roundabout14 (16%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph48 (54%)
  • 40 mph17 (19%)
  • 60 mph2 (2.2%)
  • 70 mph21 (24%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds72 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (15%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant54 (50%)
  • Pedestrian20 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist18 (17%)
  • Cyclist8 (7.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (3.7%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

SN38 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in SN38, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in SN38 peaked at 6 in 1995; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202444
202300
202211
202111
202000
201900
201822
201723
201627
201533
201433
201334
201211
201100
201035
200900
200822
200722
200633
200500
200434
200334
200247
200112
200044
199900
199811
199700
199633
199567
199433
199311
199234
199133
199044
198911
198811
198723
198622
198511
198411
198311
198211
198168
198000
197911

Map of recent crashes in SN38

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in SN38

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in SN38

The 24 most recent collisions in SN38 happened between 25 November 2010 and 26 January 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in SN38

The M4 has the most collisions in SN38, 21 of 89 (24%), followed by the B4006 (18).

Collisions in SN38 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM4213105
2ndB4006182202

Council area for SN38

SN38 is in Swindon, where police recorded 27,158 collisions from 1979 to 2025. SN38 accounts for 0.3% of them.

Town in SN38

Of the 89 collisions in SN38, 58 (65%) were in Swindon, Swindon.