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Malmesbury road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 313 road traffic collisions in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 394 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 65 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
313
1,510th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
394
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
65
78 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Malmesbury

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.6%
  • Serious6521%
  • Slight24679%

What the data shows

  • Malmesbury had 35 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 8% fewer than the 38 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Malmesbury were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 68 children under 16 were killed or injured in Malmesbury, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Malmesbury.

Where Malmesbury ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,510th
Most casualties
1,543rd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,497th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (16%)
  • Tuesday52 (17%)
  • Wednesday46 (15%)
  • Thursday45 (14%)
  • Friday44 (14%)
  • Saturday46 (15%)
  • Sunday31 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight246 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit48 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (4.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway280 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road21 (6.7%)
  • Roundabout10 (3.2%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph18 (5.8%)
  • 30 mph225 (72%)
  • 40 mph19 (6.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph47 (15%)
  • 70 mph3 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds263 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds31 (9.9%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant179 (45%)
  • Pedestrian95 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist74 (19%)
  • Cyclist41 (10%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Malmesbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Malmesbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Malmesbury peaked at 18 in 1983; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202535
202425
202339
2022810
202122
202022
201967
201812
201744
201644
201578
201422
201389
201222
201122
201023
200955
200846
200722
200645
200522
200434
200366
200299
20011011
200079
19991115
1998712
19971010
199656
199555
19941315
1993912
19921011
199167
199067
19891217
198866
19871112
19861116
1985814
19841315
19831824
19821317
19811416
1980710
1979812

Map of recent crashes in Malmesbury

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Malmesbury

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Malmesbury

The 24 most recent collisions in Malmesbury happened between 21 October 2019 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Malmesbury

The B4040 has the most collisions in Malmesbury, 75 of 313 (24%), followed by the B4014 (56).

Collisions in Malmesbury on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB40407596112
2ndB40145668013
3rdB40424861010
4thA429294318

Council area for Malmesbury

Malmesbury is in Wiltshire, where police recorded 68,701 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Malmesbury accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Malmesbury

All 313 collisions in Malmesbury were in the SN16 postcode district.