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Buckingham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 686 road traffic collisions in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 855 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 109 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
686
956th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
855
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
109
126 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Buckingham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal60.9%
  • Serious10916%
  • Slight57183%

What the data shows

  • Buckingham had 81 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 102 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Buckingham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 123 children under 16 were killed or injured in Buckingham, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Buckingham.

Where Buckingham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
956th
Most casualties
965th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,083rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday109 (16%)
  • Tuesday95 (14%)
  • Wednesday101 (15%)
  • Thursday112 (16%)
  • Friday116 (17%)
  • Saturday84 (12%)
  • Sunday69 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight506 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit155 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (1.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway587 (86%)
  • Roundabout77 (11%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (1.5%)
  • One way street or slip road10 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph517 (75%)
  • 40 mph57 (8.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph111 (16%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds554 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds73 (11%)
  • Fog or mist9 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.3%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other27 (3.9%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant404 (47%)
  • Pedestrian221 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist137 (16%)
  • Cyclist57 (6.7%)
  • Van occupant14 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Buckingham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Buckingham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Buckingham peaked at 28 in 2000; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025812
202455
202378
202277
202158
20201013
20191420
201878
20171113
201679
20151013
20141214
2013911
20121013
201167
2010911
2009913
20081011
20071214
20061522
20051011
20041116
20031114
20021515
20011518
20002830
19992031
19982836
19971618
19962229
19952227
19942127
19931828
19921820
19911213
19901922
19892225
19881927
19871216
19861822
19852633
19841719
19831922
19822729
19811924
19801518
19792333

Map of recent crashes in Buckingham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Buckingham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Buckingham

The 24 most recent collisions in Buckingham happened between 18 October 2022 and 10 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Buckingham

The A413 has the most collisions in Buckingham, 171 of 686 (25%), followed by the A422 (138).

Collisions in Buckingham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA413171218237
2ndA422138163027
3rdA421117172115

Council area for Buckingham

Buckingham is in Buckinghamshire, where police recorded 72,942 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Buckingham accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Buckingham

All 686 collisions in Buckingham were in the MK18 postcode district.