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Corsham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 622 road traffic collisions in Corsham, Wiltshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 762 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 142 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
622
1,018th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
762
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
142
155 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Corsham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.6%
  • Serious14223%
  • Slight47076%

What the data shows

  • Corsham had 55 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 28% fewer than the 76 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Corsham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 110 children under 16 were killed or injured in Corsham, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Corsham.

Where Corsham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,018th
Most casualties
1,038th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
897th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday90 (14%)
  • Tuesday96 (15%)
  • Wednesday77 (12%)
  • Thursday110 (18%)
  • Friday111 (18%)
  • Saturday88 (14%)
  • Sunday50 (8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight450 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit149 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (2.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway557 (90%)
  • Roundabout62 (10%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph498 (80%)
  • 40 mph27 (4.3%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph88 (14%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds501 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds74 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds18 (2.9%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist11 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant329 (43%)
  • Motorcyclist169 (22%)
  • Pedestrian121 (16%)
  • Cyclist117 (15%)
  • Van occupant13 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Corsham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Corsham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Corsham peaked at 38 in 1984; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025810
2024810
202356
202259
202146
202044
201977
201845
201744
2016610
20151419
201489
2013910
2012812
201199
201067
200977
200835
200757
200677
20051723
20041927
20031214
2002913
20011721
20001520
19991517
19981825
199757
19961010
1995911
19941315
199344
19921417
19911015
19901516
19892021
19882327
19872023
19862633
19853247
19843848
19832832
19822932
19812121
19801818
19793442

Map of recent crashes in Corsham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Corsham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Corsham

The 24 most recent collisions in Corsham happened between 31 July 2022 and 27 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Corsham

The B3353 has the most collisions in Corsham, 193 of 622 (31%), followed by the A4 (155).

Collisions in Corsham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3353193224239
2ndA4155221336
3rdB3109152305

Council area for Corsham

Corsham is in Wiltshire, where police recorded 68,701 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Corsham accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Corsham

All 622 collisions in Corsham were in the SN13 postcode district.