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Box (Wiltshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 139 road traffic collisions in Box, Wiltshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 188 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 40 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
139
2,379th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
188
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
40
43 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Box

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.7%
  • Serious4029%
  • Slight9871%

What the data shows

  • Box had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 20% fewer than the 25 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in Box were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 20 children under 16 were killed or injured in Box, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Box.

Where Box ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,379th
Most casualties
2,350th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,973rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (14%)
  • Tuesday16 (12%)
  • Wednesday27 (19%)
  • Thursday15 (11%)
  • Friday28 (20%)
  • Saturday21 (15%)
  • Sunday13 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight107 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit27 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (2.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway135 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.4%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph90 (65%)
  • 40 mph14 (10%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph32 (23%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds117 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (12%)
  • Fog or mist4 (2.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant120 (64%)
  • Motorcyclist37 (20%)
  • Pedestrian18 (9.6%)
  • Cyclist7 (3.7%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Box road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Box, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Box peaked at 8 in 1998; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202435
202356
202222
202122
202022
201900
201822
201734
201611
201537
201411
201322
201211
201123
201011
200933
200855
200725
200657
200544
200446
200334
200211
200124
200000
199959
1998810
199734
199600
199511
199446
199311
199234
199133
199033
1989513
198822
198734
198635
198523
1984610
198344
1982810
198146
198088
197944

Map of recent crashes in Box

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Box

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Box

The 24 most recent collisions in Box happened between 28 June 2014 and 11 November 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Box

The A4 has the most collisions in Box, 108 of 139 (78%), followed by the A365 (13).

Collisions in Box on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4108150134
2ndA365131702

Council area for Box

Box is in Wiltshire, where police recorded 68,701 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Box accounts for 0.2% of them.

Postcode district for Box

All 139 collisions in Box were in the SN13 postcode district.