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Chipping Norton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 369 road traffic collisions in Chipping Norton, West Oxfordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 459 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 75 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
369
1,372nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
459
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
10 people killed
Serious collisions
75
83 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Chipping Norton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal92.4%
  • Serious7520%
  • Slight28577%

What the data shows

  • Chipping Norton had 37 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 61 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Chipping Norton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 64 children under 16 were killed or injured in Chipping Norton, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Chipping Norton.

Where Chipping Norton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,372nd
Most casualties
1,399th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,362nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (13%)
  • Tuesday56 (15%)
  • Wednesday58 (16%)
  • Thursday47 (13%)
  • Friday73 (20%)
  • Saturday61 (17%)
  • Sunday25 (6.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight271 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit82 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (1.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway347 (94%)
  • Roundabout11 (3%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (1.9%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph14 (3.8%)
  • 30 mph331 (90%)
  • 40 mph14 (3.8%)
  • 60 mph10 (2.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds302 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (8.9%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.6%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other11 (3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant181 (39%)
  • Pedestrian160 (35%)
  • Motorcyclist73 (16%)
  • Van occupant16 (3.5%)
  • Cyclist13 (2.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Chipping Norton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Chipping Norton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Chipping Norton peaked at 18 in 1998; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202569
202466
202322
202246
202133
202033
201955
201834
201723
201633
201566
201477
201334
201223
201188
201057
200977
20081013
200777
200667
200556
200466
200366
200278
2001712
20001220
19991519
19981819
19971522
199655
199546
1994911
199366
19921213
19911012
199055
198999
198855
19871213
19861214
19851822
19841721
19831116
19821320
19811012
19801625
1979613

Map of recent crashes in Chipping Norton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Chipping Norton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Chipping Norton

The 24 most recent collisions in Chipping Norton happened between 2 March 2020 and 10 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Chipping Norton

The A44 has the most collisions in Chipping Norton, 155 of 369 (42%), followed by the A361 (84).

Collisions in Chipping Norton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA44155201432
2ndA36184107316
3rdB4450384718
4thB402691302

Council area for Chipping Norton

Chipping Norton is in West Oxfordshire, where police recorded 13,019 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Chipping Norton accounts for 2.8% of them.

Postcode district for Chipping Norton

All 369 collisions in Chipping Norton were in the OX7 postcode district.