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Mitcheldean road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 153 road traffic collisions in Mitcheldean, Forest of Dean, from 1979 to 2025, and 211 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 38 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
153
2,250th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
211
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
38
46 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Mitcheldean

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.7%
  • Serious3825%
  • Slight11475%

What the data shows

  • Mitcheldean had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 29 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Mitcheldean were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 23 children under 16 were killed or injured in Mitcheldean, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Mitcheldean.

Where Mitcheldean ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,250th
Most casualties
2,207th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,042nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday24 (16%)
  • Tuesday25 (16%)
  • Wednesday21 (14%)
  • Thursday27 (18%)
  • Friday23 (15%)
  • Saturday15 (9.8%)
  • Sunday18 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight107 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit31 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (7.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (2.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway144 (94%)
  • Roundabout6 (3.9%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph104 (68%)
  • 40 mph17 (11%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph31 (20%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds124 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds18 (12%)
  • Fog or mist3 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other2 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant108 (51%)
  • Motorcyclist50 (24%)
  • Pedestrian36 (17%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.9%)
  • Cyclist3 (1.4%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Mitcheldean road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Mitcheldean, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Mitcheldean peaked at 8 in 1979; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202435
202324
202247
202133
202011
201900
201811
201711
201600
201511
201424
201300
201211
201133
201067
200922
200847
200779
200634
200557
200467
200344
200256
2001510
200022
199911
199835
199745
199637
199556
1994411
199378
199234
199111
199011
1989711
198822
198724
198655
198522
198469
198356
198244
198169
198034
1979810

Map of recent crashes in Mitcheldean

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Mitcheldean

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Mitcheldean

The 24 most recent collisions in Mitcheldean happened between 16 September 2010 and 17 April 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Mitcheldean

The A4136 has the most collisions in Mitcheldean, 73 of 153 (48%), followed by the B4224 (40).

Collisions in Mitcheldean on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA413673103019
2ndB4224405918

Council area for Mitcheldean

Mitcheldean is in the Forest of Dean, where police recorded 10,073 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Mitcheldean accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Mitcheldean

All 153 collisions in Mitcheldean were in the GL17 postcode district.