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Freshwater and Totland road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 479 road traffic collisions in Freshwater and Totland, Isle of Wight, from 1979 to 2025, and 620 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 139 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
479
1,188th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
620
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
139
164 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Freshwater and Totland

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.6%
  • Serious13929%
  • Slight33770%

What the data shows

  • Freshwater and Totland had 65 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 79 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in Freshwater and Totland were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 86 children under 16 were killed or injured in Freshwater and Totland, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Freshwater and Totland.

Where Freshwater and Totland ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,188th
Most casualties
1,174th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
915th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday74 (15%)
  • Tuesday77 (16%)
  • Wednesday64 (13%)
  • Thursday62 (13%)
  • Friday65 (14%)
  • Saturday75 (16%)
  • Sunday62 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight373 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit80 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (2.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (2.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway423 (88%)
  • One way street or slip road46 (9.6%)
  • Roundabout7 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph408 (85%)
  • 40 mph46 (9.6%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph20 (4.2%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds391 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds54 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (3.3%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other7 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant238 (38%)
  • Pedestrian132 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist116 (19%)
  • Cyclist87 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant32 (5.2%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Freshwater and Totland road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Freshwater and Totland, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Freshwater and Totland peaked at 19 in 2003; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
202499
202333
202266
202155
202056
2019911
2018613
201768
20161010
201533
201499
2013911
20121114
20111117
201045
200956
200855
20071115
20061114
20051319
200466
20031921
20021217
20011417
200089
19991318
19981315
19971823
199688
19951729
199488
19931621
19921013
19911619
199088
19891113
19881419
19871315
19861725
198557
19841419
1983813
19821115
19811720
19801735
1979911

Map of recent crashes in Freshwater and Totland

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Freshwater and Totland

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Freshwater and Totland

The 24 most recent collisions in Freshwater and Totland happened between 1 April 2022 and 24 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Freshwater and Totland

The A3055 has the most collisions in Freshwater and Totland, 161 of 479 (34%), followed by the A3054 (58).

Collisions in Freshwater and Totland on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3055161191044
2ndA305458102018
3rdB33223848012
4thB339991803

Council area for Freshwater and Totland

Freshwater and Totland is on the Isle of Wight, where police recorded 19,069 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Freshwater and Totland accounts for 2.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Freshwater and Totland

Collisions in Freshwater and Totland were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by PO40 (363) and PO39 (116).