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Highworth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 389 road traffic collisions in Highworth, Swindon, from 1979 to 2025, and 493 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 70 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
389
1,332nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
493
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
70
75 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Highworth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.5%
  • Serious7018%
  • Slight31380%

What the data shows

  • Highworth had 37 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 58 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Highworth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 95 children under 16 were killed or injured in Highworth, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Highworth.

Where Highworth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,332nd
Most casualties
1,336th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,431st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday54 (14%)
  • Tuesday56 (14%)
  • Wednesday51 (13%)
  • Thursday62 (16%)
  • Friday76 (20%)
  • Saturday53 (14%)
  • Sunday37 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight280 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit99 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway358 (92%)
  • Roundabout21 (5.4%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (1.8%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph354 (91%)
  • 40 mph19 (4.9%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph11 (2.8%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds324 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant218 (44%)
  • Pedestrian115 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist95 (19%)
  • Cyclist39 (7.9%)
  • Van occupant11 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (2%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Highworth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Highworth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Highworth peaked at 18 in 2000; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202568
202444
202333
202256
202133
202033
201911
201822
201724
2016810
2015911
201455
201366
201268
201133
201069
200956
200855
200733
20061015
200589
200445
20031012
20021014
20011313
20001822
199979
199855
19971522
19961112
199579
19941013
19931318
1992912
199199
19901116
19891013
198868
19871017
19861216
19851721
1984812
19831012
19821824
19811417
19801621
19791317

Map of recent crashes in Highworth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Highworth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Highworth

The 24 most recent collisions in Highworth happened between 18 February 2020 and 3 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Highworth

The A361 has the most collisions in Highworth, 175 of 389 (45%), followed by the B4019 (49).

Collisions in Highworth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA361175227334
2ndB4019496009
3rdB4000111401

Council area for Highworth

Highworth is in Swindon, where police recorded 27,158 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Highworth accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode district for Highworth

All 389 collisions in Highworth were in the SN6 postcode district.