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Nailsworth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 479 road traffic collisions in Nailsworth, Stroud, from 1979 to 2025, and 616 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 124 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
479
1,188th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
616
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
124
147 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Nailsworth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.8%
  • Serious12426%
  • Slight35173%

What the data shows

  • Nailsworth had 43 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 80 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Nailsworth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 71 children under 16 were killed or injured in Nailsworth, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Nailsworth.

Where Nailsworth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,188th
Most casualties
1,180th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
984th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday62 (13%)
  • Tuesday60 (13%)
  • Wednesday68 (14%)
  • Thursday81 (17%)
  • Friday76 (16%)
  • Saturday81 (17%)
  • Sunday51 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight355 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit58 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting49 (10%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (3.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway444 (93%)
  • Roundabout23 (4.8%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.3%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph287 (60%)
  • 40 mph83 (17%)
  • 50 mph57 (12%)
  • 60 mph46 (9.6%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds414 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds36 (7.5%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.3%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other10 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant314 (51%)
  • Motorcyclist137 (22%)
  • Pedestrian96 (16%)
  • Cyclist47 (7.6%)
  • Van occupant12 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Nailsworth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Nailsworth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Nailsworth peaked at 22 in 1984; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025610
202457
202357
202255
202147
202067
201922
201844
201733
201634
201533
201455
201355
201211
201189
201079
20091113
20081414
20071315
20061316
2005810
200499
2003914
20021317
20011116
20001314
19991113
1998813
19971115
1996913
1995912
1994810
19931222
19921925
19911622
19901112
19891013
19881727
19871316
19861620
19851825
19842229
19832124
19822131
19811922
1980911
19791315

Map of recent crashes in Nailsworth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Nailsworth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Nailsworth

The 24 most recent collisions in Nailsworth happened between 23 June 2021 and 16 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Nailsworth

The A46 has the most collisions in Nailsworth, 256 of 479 (53%), followed by the B4058 (14).

Collisions in Nailsworth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA46256349265
2ndB4058141505
3rdB4014111102

Council area for Nailsworth

Nailsworth is in Stroud, where police recorded 13,741 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Nailsworth accounts for 3.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Nailsworth

Collisions in Nailsworth were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by GL6 (383) and GL5 (96).