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Alton (East Hampshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,241 road traffic collisions in Alton, East Hampshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,438 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 253 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,241
649th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,438
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
253
263 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Alton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal100.8%
  • Serious25320%
  • Slight97879%

What the data shows

  • Alton had 138 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 194 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Alton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 225 children under 16 were killed or injured in Alton, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Alton.

Where Alton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
649th
Most casualties
683rd
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
582nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday195 (16%)
  • Tuesday185 (15%)
  • Wednesday212 (17%)
  • Thursday200 (16%)
  • Friday237 (19%)
  • Saturday114 (9.2%)
  • Sunday98 (7.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight960 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit249 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown14 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,126 (91%)
  • Roundabout59 (4.8%)
  • One way street or slip road38 (3.1%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph1,122 (90%)
  • 40 mph76 (6.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph29 (2.3%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds954 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds173 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds24 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist13 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.5%)
  • Other53 (4.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant618 (43%)
  • Pedestrian318 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist247 (17%)
  • Cyclist196 (14%)
  • Van occupant37 (2.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Alton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Alton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Alton peaked at 55 in 1985; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251313
20241111
20231214
20221620
2021912
202099
20191717
20181721
20171112
20162326
20152022
20142223
20132628
20121721
20111012
20102733
20091922
20081820
20071723
20061821
20051921
20041818
20033236
20022831
20013236
20002735
19992328
19982433
19972533
19963343
19953540
19943243
19933952
19924048
19913135
19904855
19894651
19883740
19873237
19864547
19855566
19844348
19833436
19822528
19814144
19803238
19793336

Map of recent crashes in Alton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Alton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Alton

The 24 most recent collisions in Alton happened between 14 February 2024 and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Alton

The A339 has the most collisions in Alton, 284 of 1,241 (23%), followed by the B3004 (87).

Collisions in Alton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA339284311163
2ndB300487107015
3rdA325263112
4thB3006375207
5thB3349293813
6thA31101204

Council area for Alton

Alton is in East Hampshire, where police recorded 16,511 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Alton accounts for 7.5% of them.

Postcode district for Alton

All 1,241 collisions in Alton were in the GU34 postcode district.