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Olney road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 318 road traffic collisions in Olney, Milton Keynes, from 1979 to 2025, and 389 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 50 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
318
1,501st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
389
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
50
50 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Olney

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.3%
  • Serious5016%
  • Slight26483%

What the data shows

  • Olney had 44 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 31% fewer than the 64 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Olney were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 42 children under 16 were killed or injured in Olney, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Olney.

Where Olney ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,501st
Most casualties
1,557th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,728th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday45 (14%)
  • Tuesday33 (10%)
  • Wednesday49 (15%)
  • Thursday54 (17%)
  • Friday53 (17%)
  • Saturday46 (14%)
  • Sunday38 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight253 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit51 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (3.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway298 (94%)
  • Roundabout8 (2.5%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (2.2%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph269 (85%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph46 (14%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds254 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds40 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other8 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant196 (50%)
  • Pedestrian80 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist58 (15%)
  • Cyclist41 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Olney road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Olney, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Olney peaked at 13 in 1994; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202433
202333
202268
202144
202078
201958
201844
201744
201669
201589
201489
201366
201279
2011614
201055
200966
20081116
200744
200633
200578
200477
200379
200257
20011012
200069
199989
19981011
19971011
199669
199599
19941318
199347
19921213
19911011
19901014
1989810
198857
19871010
1986912
198557
19841013
198367
198288
198156
198034
197977

Map of recent crashes in Olney

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Olney

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Olney

The 24 most recent collisions in Olney happened between 30 June 2020 and 10 February 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Olney

The A509 has the most collisions in Olney, 216 of 318 (68%), followed by the B5388 (22).

Collisions in Olney on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA509216267434
2ndB5388222708
3rdB565223105

Council area for Olney

Olney is in Milton Keynes, where police recorded 31,262 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Olney accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Olney

All 318 collisions in Olney were in the MK46 postcode district.