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Cirencester road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,372 road traffic collisions in Cirencester, Cotswold, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,643 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 15 were fatal and 234 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 15 collisions, up from 13 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,372
608th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,643
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
15
15 people killed
Serious collisions
234
252 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
15
13 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
15
19 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cirencester

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal151.1%
  • Serious23417%
  • Slight1,12382%

What the data shows

  • Cirencester had 139 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 26% fewer than the 189 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Cirencester were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 196 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cirencester, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Cirencester.

Where Cirencester ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
608th
Most casualties
625th
Most fatal collisions
628th
Most serious collisions
629th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday191 (14%)
  • Tuesday197 (14%)
  • Wednesday212 (15%)
  • Thursday207 (15%)
  • Friday248 (18%)
  • Saturday198 (14%)
  • Sunday119 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,059 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit253 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting38 (2.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown17 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway939 (68%)
  • Roundabout190 (14%)
  • One way street or slip road147 (11%)
  • Dual carriageway86 (6.3%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph35 (2.6%)
  • 30 mph997 (73%)
  • 40 mph108 (7.9%)
  • 50 mph7 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph152 (11%)
  • 70 mph73 (5.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,141 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds156 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (0.9%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other15 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded21 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant740 (45%)
  • Pedestrian330 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist274 (17%)
  • Cyclist260 (16%)
  • Van occupant12 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cirencester road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cirencester, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cirencester peaked at 50 in 1984; 2025 had 15.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 15
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251515
20241319
20231416
202299
20211115
20201722
20191820
20181212
20172023
20161011
20151010
20141011
20131925
20121414
20111723
20102326
20091518
20082326
20072632
20063240
20054759
20043644
20033442
20023044
20014353
20003639
19994046
19983944
19973840
19964045
19953440
19943846
19933647
19924048
19913642
19904560
19892934
19884863
19874251
19863435
19854447
19845060
19834558
19823947
19812225
19803948
19794049

Map of recent crashes in Cirencester

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cirencester

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cirencester

The 24 most recent collisions in Cirencester happened between 3 April 2024 and 14 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cirencester

The A429 has the most collisions in Cirencester, 211 of 1,372 (15%), followed by the A417 (117).

Collisions in Cirencester on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA429211277727
2ndA417117159328
3rdA41998127212
4thA435162304

Council area for Cirencester

Cirencester is in Cotswold, where police recorded 13,812 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cirencester accounts for 9.9% of them.

Postcode district for Cirencester

All 1,372 collisions in Cirencester were in the GL7 postcode district.