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Carterton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 606 road traffic collisions in Carterton, West Oxfordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 717 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 109 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
606
1,034th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
717
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
109
122 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Carterton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61%
  • Serious10918%
  • Slight49181%

What the data shows

  • Carterton had 71 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 94 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Carterton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 150 children under 16 were killed or injured in Carterton, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Carterton.

Where Carterton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,034th
Most casualties
1,086th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,083rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday86 (14%)
  • Tuesday96 (16%)
  • Wednesday86 (14%)
  • Thursday111 (18%)
  • Friday95 (16%)
  • Saturday79 (13%)
  • Sunday53 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight410 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit188 (31%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway541 (89%)
  • Roundabout61 (10%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (1%)
  • 30 mph579 (96%)
  • 40 mph12 (2%)
  • 60 mph9 (1.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds474 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds74 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds14 (2.3%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.8%)
  • Other19 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant248 (35%)
  • Cyclist166 (23%)
  • Pedestrian148 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist140 (20%)
  • Van occupant6 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Carterton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Carterton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Carterton peaked at 27 in 1986; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
202477
202344
20221218
202155
202046
20191111
201877
201756
20161010
201534
20141314
2013810
20121316
201167
201066
20091111
20081216
20071114
20061119
20051111
2004910
20031012
200299
200167
20001619
19991717
19981314
19971518
19961319
19952223
19941416
19932026
19921213
19911818
19901721
19892427
19881416
19871823
19862728
19852329
19842023
19831825
19821823
19812231
19801719
19791822

Map of recent crashes in Carterton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Carterton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Carterton

The 24 most recent collisions in Carterton happened between 27 July 2022 and 8 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Carterton

The B4020 has the most collisions in Carterton, 125 of 606 (21%), followed by the B4477 (59).

Collisions in Carterton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4020125161128
2ndB4477597309

Council area for Carterton

Carterton is in West Oxfordshire, where police recorded 13,019 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Carterton accounts for 4.7% of them.

Postcode district for Carterton

All 606 collisions in Carterton were in the OX18 postcode district.