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Amesbury road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 687 road traffic collisions in Amesbury, Wiltshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 861 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 123 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
687
954th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
861
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
10 people killed
Serious collisions
123
133 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Amesbury

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.3%
  • Serious12318%
  • Slight55581%

What the data shows

  • Amesbury had 87 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 106 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Amesbury were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 145 children under 16 were killed or injured in Amesbury, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Amesbury.

Where Amesbury ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
954th
Most casualties
959th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
987th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday115 (17%)
  • Tuesday93 (14%)
  • Wednesday112 (16%)
  • Thursday85 (12%)
  • Friday118 (17%)
  • Saturday93 (14%)
  • Sunday71 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight523 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit142 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (1.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway551 (80%)
  • Roundabout83 (12%)
  • One way street or slip road39 (5.7%)
  • Dual carriageway13 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph15 (2.2%)
  • 30 mph508 (74%)
  • 40 mph92 (13%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph54 (7.9%)
  • 70 mph17 (2.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds561 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds90 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds17 (2.5%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant432 (50%)
  • Pedestrian180 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist121 (14%)
  • Cyclist80 (9.3%)
  • Van occupant22 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Amesbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Amesbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Amesbury peaked at 28 in 2003; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251212
202477
202344
20221013
20211317
2020613
201966
201867
201756
20161822
20151320
20141111
2013716
20121318
201146
20101319
2009810
20081314
20071112
20061315
20052023
20041922
20032834
20022224
20011925
20002224
19991620
19982022
19971517
19961619
19951416
19941924
19931322
19921218
19911518
19901214
19892332
19881724
19872223
19862125
19851317
19842225
19831825
19822333
19812231
19801516
19791620

Map of recent crashes in Amesbury

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Amesbury

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 Amesbury

The 24 most recent collisions in Amesbury happened between 24 December 2022 and 11 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Amesbury

The A345 has the most collisions in Amesbury, 232 of 687 (34%), followed by the A303 (35).

Collisions in Amesbury on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA345232319533
2ndA303354215

Council area for Amesbury

Amesbury is in Wiltshire, where police recorded 68,701 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Amesbury accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Amesbury

All 687 collisions in Amesbury were in the SP4 postcode district.