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Royal Wootton Bassett road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 750 road traffic collisions in Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 979 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 136 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 14 collisions, down from 17 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
750
912th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
979
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
136
153 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
14
17 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
22
Down 4% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Royal Wootton Bassett

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal60.8%
  • Serious13618%
  • Slight60881%

What the data shows

  • Royal Wootton Bassett had 121 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 14% more than the 106 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Royal Wootton Bassett were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 147 children under 16 were killed or injured in Royal Wootton Bassett, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Royal Wootton Bassett.

Where Royal Wootton Bassett ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
912th
Most casualties
892nd
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
933rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday112 (15%)
  • Tuesday102 (14%)
  • Wednesday113 (15%)
  • Thursday112 (15%)
  • Friday131 (17%)
  • Saturday107 (14%)
  • Sunday73 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight558 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit165 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting23 (3.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway714 (95%)
  • Roundabout24 (3.2%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (1.1%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph562 (75%)
  • 40 mph91 (12%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph84 (11%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds601 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds91 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist9 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded13 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant509 (52%)
  • Motorcyclist165 (17%)
  • Pedestrian158 (16%)
  • Cyclist89 (9.1%)
  • Van occupant28 (2.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Royal Wootton Bassett road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Royal Wootton Bassett, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Royal Wootton Bassett peaked at 33 in 1980; 2025 had 14.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251422
20241723
20231014
20221114
202155
20201011
20191215
20181418
20171520
20161315
201579
20141417
20131516
20121114
2011710
2010510
20091218
2008810
2007910
20061828
20051723
20041421
20031423
20022136
20011720
20002026
19992428
19981928
19972432
19961721
19952025
19941926
19931720
19921113
19911921
19902836
19891416
19882532
19872730
19861618
19851621
19841416
19832236
19822733
19811516
19803347
19791316

Map of recent crashes in Royal Wootton Bassett

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Royal Wootton Bassett

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Royal Wootton Bassett

The 24 most recent collisions in Royal Wootton Bassett happened between 1 May 2024 and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Royal Wootton Bassett

The A3102 has the most collisions in Royal Wootton Bassett, 379 of 750 (51%), followed by the A420 (65).

Collisions in Royal Wootton Bassett on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3102379501462
2ndA4206584016
3rdB4041243103
4thB4042101503

Council area for Royal Wootton Bassett

Royal Wootton Bassett is in Wiltshire, where police recorded 68,701 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Royal Wootton Bassett accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Royal Wootton Bassett

All 750 collisions in Royal Wootton Bassett were in the SN4 postcode district.