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Lydney road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 574 road traffic collisions in Lydney, Forest of Dean, from 1979 to 2025, and 696 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 121 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
574
1,067th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
696
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
121
128 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lydney

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.4%
  • Serious12121%
  • Slight44578%

What the data shows

  • Lydney had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 108 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Lydney were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 107 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lydney, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Lydney.

Where Lydney ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,067th
Most casualties
1,105th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,000th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday78 (14%)
  • Tuesday75 (13%)
  • Wednesday80 (14%)
  • Thursday96 (17%)
  • Friday106 (18%)
  • Saturday90 (16%)
  • Sunday49 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight415 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit135 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (2.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway563 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.5%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (2.1%)
  • 30 mph490 (85%)
  • 40 mph22 (3.8%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph49 (8.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds463 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds74 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.6%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Other4 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded11 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant316 (45%)
  • Pedestrian175 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist138 (20%)
  • Cyclist45 (6.5%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lydney road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lydney, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Lydney peaked at 27 in 1989; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202578
202456
2023611
202267
202134
202055
201955
201866
2017714
201622
201511
2014911
201389
201235
20111417
2010810
20091316
20081619
20071617
20062030
20052529
2004911
20031717
2002810
20011114
20001623
19991621
19981618
19971719
19961521
19951114
19941014
19931517
1992910
19911114
19901619
19892730
19882021
19872026
1986913
19851719
19841417
19831417
19822122
19811920
19801517
19791620

Map of recent crashes in Lydney

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lydney

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lydney

The 24 most recent collisions in Lydney happened between 8 January 2022 and 7 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lydney

The A48 has the most collisions in Lydney, 137 of 574 (24%), followed by the B4231 (66).

Collisions in Lydney on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA48137166333
2ndB42316674013
3rdB4234243307

Council area for Lydney

Lydney is in the Forest of Dean, where police recorded 10,073 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Lydney accounts for 5.7% of them.

Postcode district for Lydney

All 574 collisions in Lydney were in the GL15 postcode district.