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Gerrards Cross road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 717 road traffic collisions in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 936 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 134 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
717
933rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
936
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
9 people killed
Serious collisions
134
153 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Gerrards Cross

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.1%
  • Serious13419%
  • Slight57580%

What the data shows

  • Gerrards Cross had 60 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 126 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Gerrards Cross were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 76 children under 16 were killed or injured in Gerrards Cross, 8.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Gerrards Cross.

Where Gerrards Cross ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
933rd
Most casualties
915th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
940th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday95 (13%)
  • Tuesday92 (13%)
  • Wednesday121 (17%)
  • Thursday137 (19%)
  • Friday118 (16%)
  • Saturday82 (11%)
  • Sunday72 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight491 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit182 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting22 (3.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown18 (2.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway668 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway44 (6.1%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph404 (56%)
  • 40 mph72 (10%)
  • 50 mph162 (23%)
  • 60 mph46 (6.4%)
  • 70 mph32 (4.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds558 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds101 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other28 (3.9%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant595 (64%)
  • Pedestrian136 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist107 (11%)
  • Cyclist68 (7.3%)
  • Van occupant16 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Gerrards Cross road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Gerrards Cross, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Gerrards Cross peaked at 30 in 1986; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202578
202423
202344
202255
202168
202033
201978
2018911
201757
20161215
2015912
20141112
20131114
20121619
20111317
20101011
2009916
20081115
20071320
20062331
200599
20041319
20031619
20021828
20012128
20001722
19992129
19981419
19972632
19961316
19951521
19941925
19931522
19921720
19911822
19902332
19892129
19882735
19871921
19863042
19852531
19842632
19832838
19822233
19812530
19802125
19791218

Map of recent crashes in Gerrards Cross

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Gerrards Cross

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Gerrards Cross

The 24 most recent collisions in Gerrards Cross happened between 23 April 2021 and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Gerrards Cross

The A40 has the most collisions in Gerrards Cross, 245 of 717 (34%), followed by the B416 (233).

Collisions in Gerrards Cross on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA40245335245
2ndB416233296140
3rdM40223715
4thA413111414

Council area for Gerrards Cross

Gerrards Cross is in Buckinghamshire, where police recorded 72,942 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Gerrards Cross accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Gerrards Cross

All 717 collisions in Gerrards Cross were in the SL9 postcode district.