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Newent road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 197 road traffic collisions in Newent, Forest of Dean, from 1979 to 2025, and 245 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 33 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
197
1,965th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
245
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
33
39 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Newent

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.5%
  • Serious3317%
  • Slight16383%

What the data shows

  • Newent had 27 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 4% fewer than the 28 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Newent were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 45 children under 16 were killed or injured in Newent, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Newent.

Where Newent ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,965th
Most casualties
2,027th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,208th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (15%)
  • Tuesday26 (13%)
  • Wednesday24 (12%)
  • Thursday28 (14%)
  • Friday41 (21%)
  • Saturday29 (15%)
  • Sunday19 (9.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight153 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit33 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (3.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway196 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1%)
  • 30 mph166 (84%)
  • 40 mph3 (1.5%)
  • 50 mph9 (4.6%)
  • 60 mph17 (8.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds170 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (6.6%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (2.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1%)
  • Other1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded6 (3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant128 (52%)
  • Motorcyclist47 (19%)
  • Pedestrian46 (19%)
  • Cyclist19 (7.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.4%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Newent road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Newent, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Newent peaked at 11 in 2002; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202446
202358
202245
202100
202035
201900
201825
201734
201634
201534
201411
201334
201223
201123
201023
200955
200822
200733
200656
200556
200433
200347
20021112
200147
200044
1999811
199878
199722
1996810
199545
199422
199377
199256
199144
199033
198955
198859
19871111
198679
198533
198477
198367
198255
198135
198022
1979710

Map of recent crashes in Newent

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Newent

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Newent

The 24 most recent collisions in Newent happened between 18 March 2017 and 14 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Newent

The B4216 has the most collisions in Newent, 43 of 197 (22%), followed by the B4215 (31).

Collisions in Newent on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4216435616
2ndB4215314208
3rdB4221283805

Council area for Newent

Newent is in the Forest of Dean, where police recorded 10,073 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Newent accounts for 2% of them.

Postcode district for Newent

All 197 collisions in Newent were in the GL18 postcode district.