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Faringdon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 243 road traffic collisions in Faringdon, Vale of White Horse, from 1979 to 2025, and 289 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 44 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
243
1,757th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
289
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
44
51 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Faringdon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.8%
  • Serious4418%
  • Slight19781%

What the data shows

  • Faringdon had 35 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 43 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Faringdon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 55 children under 16 were killed or injured in Faringdon, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Faringdon.

Where Faringdon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,757th
Most casualties
1,850th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,873rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday47 (19%)
  • Tuesday35 (14%)
  • Wednesday29 (12%)
  • Thursday37 (15%)
  • Friday39 (16%)
  • Saturday30 (12%)
  • Sunday26 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight187 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit53 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway203 (84%)
  • One way street or slip road20 (8.2%)
  • Roundabout20 (8.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph220 (91%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph18 (7.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds209 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (6.6%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other10 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant115 (40%)
  • Pedestrian81 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist49 (17%)
  • Cyclist36 (12%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Faringdon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Faringdon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Faringdon peaked at 10 in 1994; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202444
202355
202222
202157
202033
201922
201845
201733
201655
201566
201478
201333
201211
201134
201022
200977
200844
2007712
200633
200599
200445
200367
2002916
200133
200088
199968
199888
199755
199634
199567
19941015
199357
199256
199189
199067
198944
198834
198778
198699
198569
198479
198344
198278
1981710
198011
1979911

Map of recent crashes in Faringdon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Faringdon

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Faringdon

The 24 most recent collisions in Faringdon happened between 12 September 2018 and 29 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Faringdon

The A417 has the most collisions in Faringdon, 92 of 243 (38%), followed by the A4095 (31).

Collisions in Faringdon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA41792114015
2ndA4095313405
3rdB4019303916
4thA4205503

Council area for Faringdon

Faringdon is in the Vale of White Horse, where police recorded 16,960 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Faringdon accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode district for Faringdon

All 243 collisions in Faringdon were in the SN7 postcode district.