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Prestwood and Great Missenden road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 467 road traffic collisions in Prestwood and Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 614 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 105 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
467
1,209th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
614
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
12 people killed
Serious collisions
105
115 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Prestwood and Great Missenden

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal102.1%
  • Serious10522%
  • Slight35275%

What the data shows

  • Prestwood and Great Missenden had 39 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 74 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Prestwood and Great Missenden were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 80 children under 16 were killed or injured in Prestwood and Great Missenden, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Prestwood and Great Missenden.

Where Prestwood and Great Missenden ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,209th
Most casualties
1,185th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
1,113th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday59 (13%)
  • Tuesday67 (14%)
  • Wednesday59 (13%)
  • Thursday80 (17%)
  • Friday78 (17%)
  • Saturday69 (15%)
  • Sunday55 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight331 (71%)
  • Dark, no street lighting85 (18%)
  • Dark, street lights lit43 (9.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway450 (96%)
  • Roundabout9 (1.9%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.3%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph325 (70%)
  • 40 mph70 (15%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph67 (14%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds367 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds62 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.5%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Other16 (3.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant354 (58%)
  • Pedestrian96 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist94 (15%)
  • Cyclist55 (9%)
  • Van occupant13 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Prestwood and Great Missenden road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Prestwood and Great Missenden, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Prestwood and Great Missenden peaked at 21 in 1988; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202456
202344
202259
202100
202033
201955
201845
201735
201666
201588
20141011
2013911
201267
201166
2010912
200934
2008812
200755
20061015
20051420
20041114
2003810
20021217
20011013
2000610
19991114
19981621
19971121
19961318
19951825
19941523
19931719
19921318
1991811
19901014
19891421
19882130
19871621
19861820
19851114
19841620
19831414
19821726
19811012
19801114
19791316

Map of recent crashes in Prestwood and Great Missenden

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Prestwood and Great Missenden

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Prestwood and Great Missenden

The 24 most recent collisions in Prestwood and Great Missenden happened between 1 October 2019 and 16 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Prestwood and Great Missenden

The A4128 has the most collisions in Prestwood and Great Missenden, 275 of 467 (59%), followed by the A413 (10).

Collisions in Prestwood and Great Missenden on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4128275371874
2ndA413101302

Council area for Prestwood and Great Missenden

Prestwood and Great Missenden is in Buckinghamshire, where police recorded 72,942 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Prestwood and Great Missenden accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Prestwood and Great Missenden

All 467 collisions in Prestwood and Great Missenden were in the HP16 postcode district.