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Salfords road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 421 road traffic collisions in Salfords, Reigate and Banstead, from 1979 to 2025, and 584 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 74 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
421
1,271st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
584
1.39 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
74
88 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Salfords

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.4%
  • Serious7418%
  • Slight34181%

What the data shows

  • Salfords had 54 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 80 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Salfords were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 42 children under 16 were killed or injured in Salfords, 7.4% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Salfords.

Where Salfords ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,271st
Most casualties
1,218th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,376th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday60 (14%)
  • Tuesday67 (16%)
  • Wednesday65 (15%)
  • Thursday76 (18%)
  • Friday66 (16%)
  • Saturday50 (12%)
  • Sunday37 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight293 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit101 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (3.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway236 (56%)
  • Dual carriageway171 (41%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph75 (18%)
  • 40 mph321 (76%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph24 (5.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds322 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds38 (9%)
  • Fog or mist7 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other17 (4%)
  • Not recorded28 (6.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant386 (66%)
  • Motorcyclist85 (15%)
  • Cyclist54 (9.2%)
  • Pedestrian29 (5%)
  • Van occupant14 (2.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Salfords road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Salfords, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Salfords peaked at 17 in 2007; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202578
202456
202367
202266
202146
202022
201955
201857
201759
2016913
20151013
2014813
201358
201223
2011814
201067
200946
2008813
20071727
20061216
20051114
20041217
20031117
20021215
20011322
20001011
19991014
1998611
19971214
19961318
19951325
1994811
199368
1992610
19911115
1990910
19891117
19881117
19871213
19861216
19851522
1984811
19831417
19821517
19811113
1980711
197989

Map of recent crashes in Salfords

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Salfords

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Salfords

The 24 most recent collisions in Salfords happened between 27 January 2022 and 13 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Salfords

Of the 421 collisions in Salfords, 337 were on the A23.

Collisions in Salfords on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA23337469659

Council area for Salfords

Salfords is in Reigate and Banstead, where police recorded 25,206 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Salfords accounts for 1.7% of them.

Postcode districts in Salfords

Collisions in Salfords were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by RH1 (399) and RH6 (22).