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Devizes road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,385 road traffic collisions in Devizes, Wiltshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,660 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 231 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 23 collisions, up 5% on 2024 (22).

Collisions since 1979
1,385
601st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,660
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
12 people killed
Serious collisions
231
243 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
23
Up 5% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
27
Up 8% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Devizes

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal120.9%
  • Serious23117%
  • Slight1,14282%

What the data shows

  • Devizes had 210 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 6% more than the 199 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Devizes were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 241 children under 16 were killed or injured in Devizes, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Devizes.

Where Devizes ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
601st
Most casualties
622nd
Most fatal collisions
744th
Most serious collisions
634th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday219 (16%)
  • Tuesday213 (15%)
  • Wednesday196 (14%)
  • Thursday217 (16%)
  • Friday222 (16%)
  • Saturday186 (13%)
  • Sunday132 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,048 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit299 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting19 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,185 (86%)
  • Roundabout134 (9.7%)
  • One way street or slip road54 (3.9%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph20 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph1,137 (82%)
  • 40 mph144 (10%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph76 (5.5%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,121 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds160 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds28 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist15 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.6%)
  • Other4 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded32 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant717 (43%)
  • Pedestrian362 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist264 (16%)
  • Cyclist254 (15%)
  • Van occupant40 (2.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Devizes road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Devizes, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Devizes peaked at 61 in 1985; 2025 had 23.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 23
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252327
20242225
20231317
20222627
20212126
20202124
20192222
20182021
20172326
20161925
20152223
20142022
20132224
20122426
20112027
20101623
20091821
20082026
20071618
20062125
20053142
20042123
20032125
20022128
20012828
20003040
19992734
19983841
19972226
19962833
19953345
19942428
19933035
19922734
19913141
19902937
19893439
19884352
19873249
19865767
19856173
19845257
19835364
19824958
19814459
19806168
19794959

Map of recent crashes in Devizes

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Devizes

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Devizes

The 24 most recent collisions in Devizes happened between 24 December 2024 and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Devizes

The A361 has the most collisions in Devizes, 528 of 1,385 (38%), followed by the A360 (302).

Collisions in Devizes on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA361528655777
2ndA360302358262
3rdA342228273337

Council area for Devizes

Devizes is in Wiltshire, where police recorded 68,701 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Devizes accounts for 2% of them.

Postcode district for Devizes

All 1,385 collisions in Devizes were in the SN10 postcode district.