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Bishop's Cleeve road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 512 road traffic collisions in Bishop's Cleeve, Tewkesbury, from 1979 to 2025, and 612 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 120 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
512
1,147th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
612
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
120
138 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bishop's Cleeve

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51%
  • Serious12023%
  • Slight38776%

What the data shows

  • Bishop's Cleeve had 51 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 63 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Bishop's Cleeve were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 114 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bishop's Cleeve, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Bishop's Cleeve.

Where Bishop's Cleeve ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,147th
Most casualties
1,188th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,009th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday82 (16%)
  • Tuesday78 (15%)
  • Wednesday82 (16%)
  • Thursday65 (13%)
  • Friday89 (17%)
  • Saturday56 (11%)
  • Sunday60 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight384 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit99 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (3.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (1.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway478 (93%)
  • Roundabout21 (4.1%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph4 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph370 (72%)
  • 40 mph71 (14%)
  • 50 mph6 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph59 (12%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds435 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds37 (7.2%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other10 (2%)
  • Not recorded12 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant260 (42%)
  • Motorcyclist120 (20%)
  • Pedestrian115 (19%)
  • Cyclist99 (16%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bishop's Cleeve road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bishop's Cleeve, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bishop's Cleeve peaked at 27 in 1990; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202535
202467
202366
2022910
202123
202033
201944
201877
201768
201657
201555
201467
201377
20121112
201144
201055
200999
200833
200767
200679
2005911
20041111
20031720
20021212
2001910
20001617
19991616
19981516
19971012
19961318
19951420
19941115
19931010
19921115
199178
19902736
19892026
19881517
19871419
19862131
19851520
19841926
19831617
19822326
19811518
19801616
19791621

Map of recent crashes in Bishop's Cleeve

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bishop's Cleeve

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bishop's Cleeve

The 24 most recent collisions in Bishop's Cleeve happened between 27 January 2022 and 15 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bishop's Cleeve

Of the 512 collisions in Bishop's Cleeve, 135 were on the A435.

Collisions in Bishop's Cleeve on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA435135176336

Council areas covering Bishop's Cleeve

Collisions in Bishop's Cleeve were recorded in 2 council areas. Tewkesbury has 503 of 512 (98%).

Collisions in Bishop's Cleeve by council area, 1979 to 2025
RankCouncil areaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stTewkesbury5036035118
2ndCheltenham7702

Postcode districts in Bishop's Cleeve

Collisions in Bishop's Cleeve were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by GL52 (498) and GL50 (14).