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SP2 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,722 road traffic collisions in the SP2 postcode district, Wiltshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,861 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 60 were fatal and 669 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 43 collisions, down 2% on 2024 (44).

Collisions since 1979
3,722
982nd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,861
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
60
60 people killed
Serious collisions
669
753 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
43
Down 2% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
63
Up 11% on 2024

Road collision statistics for SP2

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal601.6%
  • Serious66918%
  • Slight2,99380%

What the data shows

  • SP2 had 456 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 17% fewer than the 551 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in SP2 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 553 children under 16 were killed or injured in SP2, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in SP2.

Where SP2 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
982nd
Most casualties
1,037th
Most fatal collisions
928th
Most serious collisions
1,024th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday535 (14%)
  • Tuesday560 (15%)
  • Wednesday531 (14%)
  • Thursday579 (16%)
  • Friday633 (17%)
  • Saturday488 (13%)
  • Sunday396 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,768 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit691 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting214 (5.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit34 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,324 (89%)
  • Roundabout241 (6.5%)
  • Dual carriageway102 (2.7%)
  • One way street or slip road52 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph72 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph2,396 (64%)
  • 40 mph281 (7.5%)
  • 50 mph107 (2.9%)
  • 60 mph829 (22%)
  • 70 mph37 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,986 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds498 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds68 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds45 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist45 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds15 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other20 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded42 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,643 (54%)
  • Motorcyclist718 (15%)
  • Pedestrian639 (13%)
  • Cyclist512 (11%)
  • Van occupant147 (3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant95 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)48 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant19 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant19 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant14 (0.3%)
  • Other6 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

SP2 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in SP2, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in SP2 peaked at 146 in 1984; 2025 had 43.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254363
20244457
20235360
20224146
20214045
20203946
20194249
20184855
20175163
20165571
20155568
20145888
20135574
20124258
20114762
20104658
20096884
20084864
20077697
20065678
200575109
20047188
200371100
200283106
20016597
200082111
199994129
199882110
1997106150
199688118
1995102131
1994111149
199393137
1992108154
1991105126
199099120
1989123159
198893122
198797116
1986115158
1985116150
1984146189
1983125160
1982130164
1981131167
198095119
1979109136

Map of recent crashes in SP2

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in SP2

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in SP2

The 24 most recent collisions in SP2 happened between 6 June and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in SP2

The A36 has the most collisions in SP2, 1,067 of 3,722 (29%), followed by the A360 (410).

Collisions in SP2 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA361,0671,45025190
2ndA360410607975
3rdA3094300395550
4thA30265347248
5thA338201269234
6thA354113147216
7thA3457900
8thA3883400

Council area for SP2

SP2 is in Wiltshire, where police recorded 68,701 collisions from 1979 to 2025. SP2 accounts for 5.4% of them.

Towns in SP2

Collisions in SP2 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Salisbury (2,160) and Wilton (323).