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Marlborough road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 624 road traffic collisions in Marlborough, Wiltshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 762 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 93 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
624
1,014th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
762
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
11 people killed
Serious collisions
93
102 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Marlborough

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.6%
  • Serious9315%
  • Slight52183%

What the data shows

  • Marlborough had 77 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% fewer than the 99 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Marlborough were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Marlborough are between 9am and noon, with 24% of collisions.
  • 96 children under 16 were killed or injured in Marlborough, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Marlborough ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,014th
Most casualties
1,038th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
1,188th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday96 (15%)
  • Tuesday92 (15%)
  • Wednesday79 (13%)
  • Thursday86 (14%)
  • Friday104 (17%)
  • Saturday99 (16%)
  • Sunday68 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight495 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit112 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway559 (90%)
  • Roundabout42 (6.7%)
  • One way street or slip road17 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph17 (2.7%)
  • 30 mph547 (88%)
  • 40 mph26 (4.2%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph29 (4.6%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds521 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds68 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded11 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant321 (42%)
  • Pedestrian234 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist110 (14%)
  • Cyclist57 (7.5%)
  • Van occupant18 (2.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Marlborough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Marlborough, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Marlborough peaked at 28 in 1980; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251013
202446
20231013
20221011
202177
202077
2019611
201867
201757
20161215
201589
2014917
2013910
201299
20111214
201077
200977
200889
20071213
20061821
2005914
200478
20031319
20022329
20011823
20001518
19991010
19981319
19971925
19961516
19951619
19941922
19931415
19921213
19911521
19901621
19892430
19881518
19872636
19861013
19851517
19841515
19831520
19821923
19812530
19802831
19792224

Map of recent crashes in Marlborough

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Marlborough

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Marlborough

The 24 most recent collisions in Marlborough happened between 18 January 2023 and 15 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Marlborough

The A4 has the most collisions in Marlborough, 351 of 624 (56%), followed by the A346 (83).

Collisions in Marlborough on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4351413553
2ndA34683110111
3rdA34573103311
4thB3052273405

Council area for Marlborough

Marlborough is in Wiltshire, where police recorded 68,701 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Marlborough accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Marlborough

All 624 collisions in Marlborough were in the SN8 postcode district.