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Northway road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 348 road traffic collisions in Northway, Tewkesbury, from 1979 to 2025, and 460 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 63 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
348
1,425th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
460
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
9 people killed
Serious collisions
63
70 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Northway

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal82.3%
  • Serious6318%
  • Slight27780%

What the data shows

  • Northway had 46 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 13% fewer than the 53 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Northway were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 55 children under 16 were killed or injured in Northway, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in Northway.

Where Northway ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,425th
Most casualties
1,397th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,534th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday45 (13%)
  • Tuesday55 (16%)
  • Wednesday53 (15%)
  • Thursday57 (16%)
  • Friday75 (22%)
  • Saturday32 (9.2%)
  • Sunday31 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight272 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit55 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (4.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway322 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway12 (3.4%)
  • Roundabout8 (2.3%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph143 (41%)
  • 40 mph110 (32%)
  • 50 mph30 (8.6%)
  • 60 mph54 (16%)
  • 70 mph10 (2.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds294 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (9.5%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant271 (59%)
  • Motorcyclist68 (15%)
  • Cyclist58 (13%)
  • Pedestrian29 (6.3%)
  • Van occupant16 (3.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)12 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Northway road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Northway, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Northway peaked at 15 in 1987; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202558
2024510
2023911
202256
202144
202022
201955
201811
201733
2016710
201544
201426
201333
201277
201168
201044
200978
200868
200767
2006812
2005710
20041012
2003710
200256
2001813
20001215
19991216
199879
199767
19961318
19951316
199477
1993811
1992711
19911424
19901218
19891113
19881111
19871523
198657
198533
19841115
19831214
198289
19811012
19801220
197933

Map of recent crashes in Northway

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Northway

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Northway

The 24 most recent collisions in Northway happened between 28 June 2022 and 9 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Northway

The A46 has the most collisions in Northway, 107 of 348 (31%), followed by the A438 (95).

Collisions in Northway on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA46107150513
2ndA43895139120
3rdM5101300
4thB40795701

Council area for Northway

Northway is in Tewkesbury, where police recorded 12,012 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Northway accounts for 2.9% of them.

Postcode district for Northway

All 348 collisions in Northway were in the GL20 postcode district.