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Bradford-on-Avon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 666 road traffic collisions in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 848 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 124 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
666
980th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
848
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
124
132 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bradford-on-Avon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal50.8%
  • Serious12419%
  • Slight53781%

What the data shows

  • Bradford-on-Avon had 91 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 4% fewer than the 95 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Bradford-on-Avon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 149 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bradford-on-Avon, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Bradford-on-Avon.

Where Bradford-on-Avon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
980th
Most casualties
971st
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
984th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday101 (15%)
  • Tuesday110 (17%)
  • Wednesday102 (15%)
  • Thursday98 (15%)
  • Friday109 (16%)
  • Saturday83 (12%)
  • Sunday63 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight515 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit133 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (1.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway586 (88%)
  • Roundabout63 (9.5%)
  • One way street or slip road11 (1.7%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph11 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph599 (90%)
  • 40 mph9 (1.4%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph42 (6.3%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds537 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds84 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded13 (2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant364 (43%)
  • Pedestrian191 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist141 (17%)
  • Cyclist105 (12%)
  • Van occupant22 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bradford-on-Avon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bradford-on-Avon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bradford-on-Avon peaked at 30 in 1986; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025710
20241017
2023913
2022910
20211414
20201010
20191111
201878
201744
20161013
20151720
201467
20131216
20121314
20111313
201056
200989
20081112
2007711
200633
200578
20041215
2003810
2002610
20011417
20001417
19991825
19981623
19972328
19961920
19951723
19941319
19931522
19921011
19912021
19901419
19891523
19881427
19872331
19863035
19852131
19842837
19832429
19822629
19812332
19802639
19792426

Map of recent crashes in Bradford-on-Avon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bradford-on-Avon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bradford-on-Avon

The 24 most recent collisions in Bradford-on-Avon happened between 26 April 2023 and 9 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bradford-on-Avon

The A363 has the most collisions in Bradford-on-Avon, 327 of 666 (49%), followed by the B3109 (97).

Collisions in Bradford-on-Avon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA363327412356
2ndB310997127019
3rdB310777107112
4thB31085380013

Council area for Bradford-on-Avon

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

Postcode district for Bradford-on-Avon

All 666 collisions in Bradford-on-Avon were in the BA15 postcode district.