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Melksham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,283 road traffic collisions in Melksham, Wiltshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,579 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 18 were fatal and 230 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 19 collisions, down 17% on 2024 (23).

Collisions since 1979
1,283
635th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,579
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
18
18 people killed
Serious collisions
230
252 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
19
Down 17% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
28
Level with 2024

Road collision statistics for Melksham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal181.4%
  • Serious23018%
  • Slight1,03581%

What the data shows

  • Melksham had 186 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 15% fewer than the 219 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Melksham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 284 children under 16 were killed or injured in Melksham, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Melksham.

Where Melksham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
635th
Most casualties
646th
Most fatal collisions
536th
Most serious collisions
635th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday192 (15%)
  • Tuesday190 (15%)
  • Wednesday199 (16%)
  • Thursday196 (15%)
  • Friday221 (17%)
  • Saturday169 (13%)
  • Sunday116 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight949 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit305 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit14 (1.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway999 (78%)
  • Roundabout169 (13%)
  • Dual carriageway74 (5.8%)
  • One way street or slip road40 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph1,125 (88%)
  • 40 mph56 (4.4%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph86 (6.7%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,041 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds159 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds22 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds22 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist15 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other6 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded13 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant639 (40%)
  • Motorcyclist313 (20%)
  • Pedestrian296 (19%)
  • Cyclist264 (17%)
  • Van occupant43 (2.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)12 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Melksham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Melksham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Melksham peaked at 49 in 1984; 2025 had 19.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251928
20242328
20232131
20222123
20211416
20201212
20191520
20182229
20171415
20162536
20152835
20142729
20132025
20121320
20111923
20102328
20091720
20081926
20072323
20063033
20051624
20042328
20032429
20023346
20013647
20002835
19992631
19982630
19972226
19962833
19953544
19942931
19933641
19922128
19912833
19903645
19893842
19882731
19874245
19863439
19853950
19844957
19834458
19824267
19814249
19803036
19794454

Map of recent crashes in Melksham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Melksham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Melksham

The 24 most recent collisions in Melksham happened between 21 July 2024 and 26 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Melksham

The A350 has the most collisions in Melksham, 308 of 1,283 (24%), followed by the A3102 (296).

Collisions in Melksham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA350308408459
2ndA3102296375658
3rdA36591113115
4thB3107131921

Council area for Melksham

Melksham is in Wiltshire, where police recorded 68,701 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Melksham accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode district for Melksham

All 1,283 collisions in Melksham were in the SN12 postcode district.