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Marchwood road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 224 road traffic collisions in Marchwood, New Forest, from 1979 to 2025, and 282 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 53 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
224
1,834th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
282
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
53
60 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Marchwood

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52.2%
  • Serious5324%
  • Slight16674%

What the data shows

  • Marchwood had 27 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 25% fewer than the 36 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Marchwood were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 35 children under 16 were killed or injured in Marchwood, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Marchwood.

Where Marchwood ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,834th
Most casualties
1,881st
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,680th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday35 (16%)
  • Tuesday31 (14%)
  • Wednesday42 (19%)
  • Thursday34 (15%)
  • Friday34 (15%)
  • Saturday32 (14%)
  • Sunday16 (7.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight161 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit35 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (8.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (3.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway216 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.4%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph145 (65%)
  • 40 mph32 (14%)
  • 60 mph40 (18%)
  • 70 mph7 (3.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds179 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds24 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.4%)
  • Other10 (4.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant125 (44%)
  • Motorcyclist72 (26%)
  • Pedestrian45 (16%)
  • Cyclist24 (8.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Marchwood road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Marchwood, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Marchwood peaked at 12 in 1980; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202434
202322
202200
202135
202011
201933
201855
201755
201622
201511
201444
201311
201222
201133
201078
200933
200835
200755
200678
200534
200445
200369
2002912
200167
2000813
199957
1998810
199745
199658
199544
1994810
1993810
199222
199158
19901015
198956
198857
198733
198667
198568
198445
19831013
198246
198168
19801214
197956

Map of recent crashes in Marchwood

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Marchwood

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Marchwood

The 24 most recent collisions in Marchwood happened between 21 February 2017 and 1 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Marchwood

The A326 has the most collisions in Marchwood, 32 of 224 (14%), followed by the A970 (3).

Collisions in Marchwood on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3263252113
2ndA9703300

Council area for Marchwood

Marchwood is in the New Forest, where police recorded 26,818 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Marchwood accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Marchwood

All 224 collisions in Marchwood were in the SO40 postcode district.