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WR15 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 824 road traffic collisions in the WR15 postcode district, Herefordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,219 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 23 were fatal and 221 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
824
2,271st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,219
1.48 per collision
Fatal collisions
23
23 people killed
Serious collisions
221
272 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for WR15

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal232.8%
  • Serious22127%
  • Slight58070%

What the data shows

  • WR15 had 73 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 135 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in WR15 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 112 children under 16 were killed or injured in WR15, 9.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in WR15.

Where WR15 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,271st
Most casualties
2,247th
Most fatal collisions
2,062nd
Most serious collisions
2,185th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday106 (13%)
  • Tuesday105 (13%)
  • Wednesday117 (14%)
  • Thursday107 (13%)
  • Friday157 (19%)
  • Saturday133 (16%)
  • Sunday99 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight607 (74%)
  • Dark, no street lighting169 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights lit41 (5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway820 (100%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph201 (24%)
  • 40 mph65 (7.9%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph531 (64%)
  • 70 mph23 (2.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds672 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds89 (11%)
  • Fog or mist18 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Other15 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant783 (64%)
  • Motorcyclist160 (13%)
  • Pedestrian80 (6.6%)
  • Van occupant49 (4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant48 (3.9%)
  • Cyclist47 (3.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)38 (3.1%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Horse rider2 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

WR15 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in WR15, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in WR15 peaked at 34 in 1998; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
202444
2023711
20221116
202166
202044
2019910
201879
201769
20161420
2015710
20141113
20131315
20121419
20111121
2010913
20091315
20082028
20071623
20062133
20051926
20042025
20031727
20021721
20011317
20003051
19992638
19983445
19971520
19962964
19952435
19941824
19933138
19922345
19912133
19901822
19893353
19882634
19872132
19862237
19852026
19842759
19831626
19822739
19812236
19801826
19792934

Map of recent crashes in WR15

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in WR15

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in WR15

The 24 most recent collisions in WR15 happened between 27 May 2022 and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in WR15

The A456 has the most collisions in WR15, 264 of 824 (32%), followed by the A4112 (170).

Collisions in WR15 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4562644321176
2ndA4112170208238
3rdA443100160424
4thB421490143423
5thB420472105025
6thA42144501

Council areas covering WR15

Collisions in WR15 were recorded in 4 council areas. Herefordshire has 358 of 824 (43%).

Collisions in WR15 by council area, 1979 to 2025
RankCouncil areaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stHerefordshire35855111111
2ndMalvern Hills285392359
3rdShropshire172256947
4thWyre Forest5701

Town in WR15

Of the 824 collisions in WR15, 197 (24%) were in Tenbury Wells.