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Princes Risborough road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 476 road traffic collisions in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 581 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 93 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
476
1,196th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
581
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
93
95 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Princes Risborough

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.7%
  • Serious9320%
  • Slight37579%

What the data shows

  • Princes Risborough had 46 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 31% fewer than the 67 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Princes Risborough were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 85 children under 16 were killed or injured in Princes Risborough, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Princes Risborough.

Where Princes Risborough ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,196th
Most casualties
1,223rd
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,188th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday79 (17%)
  • Tuesday71 (15%)
  • Wednesday79 (17%)
  • Thursday58 (12%)
  • Friday80 (17%)
  • Saturday50 (11%)
  • Sunday59 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight353 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit95 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (3.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway442 (93%)
  • Roundabout21 (4.4%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.3%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph425 (89%)
  • 40 mph6 (1.3%)
  • 50 mph5 (1.1%)
  • 60 mph40 (8.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds377 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds57 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other16 (3.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant279 (48%)
  • Pedestrian118 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist92 (16%)
  • Cyclist65 (11%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Princes Risborough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Princes Risborough, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Princes Risborough peaked at 23 in 1984; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202558
202479
202333
202245
202100
202034
201968
201856
201766
201678
201567
2014911
2013910
201233
201168
201077
20091012
200868
200767
200655
20051417
20041218
20031415
2002912
200199
20001317
1999914
19981217
1997813
19961216
19951013
19941219
19931011
1992810
19911821
19901818
1989912
19881619
198778
19862223
19851516
19842329
19831621
19822226
19811620
19801213
19791719

Map of recent crashes in Princes Risborough

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Princes Risborough

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Princes Risborough

The 24 most recent collisions in Princes Risborough happened between 18 October 2019 and 28 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Princes Risborough

The A4010 has the most collisions in Princes Risborough, 268 of 476 (56%), followed by the B4444 (42).

Collisions in Princes Risborough on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4010268328749
2ndB44444257110
3rdA4129354106

Council area for Princes Risborough

Princes Risborough is in Buckinghamshire, where police recorded 72,942 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Princes Risborough accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Princes Risborough

All 476 collisions in Princes Risborough were in the HP27 postcode district.