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Mortimer road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 143 road traffic collisions in Mortimer, West Berkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 185 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 27 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
143
2,339th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
185
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
27
27 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Mortimer

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2719%
  • Slight11681%

What the data shows

  • Mortimer had 12 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 20 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Mortimer were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 27 children under 16 were killed or injured in Mortimer, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Mortimer.

Where Mortimer ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,339th
Most casualties
2,377th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,450th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday17 (12%)
  • Tuesday18 (13%)
  • Wednesday24 (17%)
  • Thursday22 (15%)
  • Friday29 (20%)
  • Saturday22 (15%)
  • Sunday11 (7.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight103 (72%)
  • Dark, no street lighting29 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights lit11 (7.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway132 (92%)
  • Roundabout8 (5.6%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph113 (79%)
  • 40 mph19 (13%)
  • 60 mph11 (7.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds122 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (7.7%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (2.1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other2 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant97 (52%)
  • Pedestrian35 (19%)
  • Cyclist24 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (11%)
  • Van occupant6 (3.2%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (1.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Mortimer road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Mortimer, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Mortimer peaked at 7 in 1990; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202434
202311
202211
202100
202022
201912
201824
201700
201612
201511
201444
201311
201200
201111
201011
200900
200867
200722
200644
200568
200422
200311
200223
200100
200048
199914
199857
199745
199634
199569
199468
199355
199222
199136
199078
198979
1988713
198756
198655
198566
198444
198322
198233
198145
198067
197957

Map of recent crashes in Mortimer

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Mortimer

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Mortimer

The 24 most recent collisions in Mortimer happened between 25 March 2008 and 19 June 2025.

Severity

Council area for Mortimer

Mortimer is in West Berkshire, where police recorded 22,353 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Mortimer accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Mortimer

All 143 collisions in Mortimer were in the RG7 postcode district.