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Chipping Sodbury road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 425 road traffic collisions in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, from 1979 to 2025, and 546 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 86 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
425
1,263rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
546
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
12 people killed
Serious collisions
86
105 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Chipping Sodbury

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal112.6%
  • Serious8620%
  • Slight32877%

What the data shows

  • Chipping Sodbury had 45 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 71 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Chipping Sodbury were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 90 children under 16 were killed or injured in Chipping Sodbury, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Chipping Sodbury.

Where Chipping Sodbury ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,263rd
Most casualties
1,260th
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
1,248th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday64 (15%)
  • Tuesday62 (15%)
  • Wednesday66 (16%)
  • Thursday63 (15%)
  • Friday63 (15%)
  • Saturday70 (16%)
  • Sunday37 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight295 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit117 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway317 (75%)
  • Dual carriageway92 (22%)
  • Roundabout8 (1.9%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph17 (4%)
  • 30 mph266 (63%)
  • 40 mph26 (6.1%)
  • 50 mph38 (8.9%)
  • 60 mph48 (11%)
  • 70 mph30 (7.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds338 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds50 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other18 (4.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant291 (53%)
  • Pedestrian87 (16%)
  • Cyclist72 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist68 (12%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Chipping Sodbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Chipping Sodbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Chipping Sodbury peaked at 20 in 1988; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202455
202347
202222
202144
202055
201944
201855
20171011
201611
201535
201446
201378
201266
201167
20101113
200978
2008910
20071019
200689
20051113
20041113
20031217
200244
200146
2000911
19991010
1998911
19971118
19961013
199578
19941419
199346
1992811
19911416
19901416
19891517
19882026
198779
19862021
1985910
19841420
19831725
19821525
19811830
1980913
19791318

Map of recent crashes in Chipping Sodbury

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Chipping Sodbury

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Chipping Sodbury

The 24 most recent collisions in Chipping Sodbury happened between 2 March 2020 and 16 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Chipping Sodbury

The A432 has the most collisions in Chipping Sodbury, 139 of 425 (33%), followed by the B4060 (133).

Collisions in Chipping Sodbury on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4321392021036
2ndB4060133161016

Council area for Chipping Sodbury

Chipping Sodbury is in South Gloucestershire, where police recorded 31,003 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Chipping Sodbury accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode district for Chipping Sodbury

All 425 collisions in Chipping Sodbury were in the BS37 postcode district.