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Salisbury road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,141 road traffic collisions in Salisbury, Wiltshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 6,318 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 59 were fatal and 832 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 59 collisions, up 20% on 2024 (49).

Collisions since 1979
5,141
207th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
6,318
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
59
61 people killed
Serious collisions
832
892 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
59
Up 20% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
66
Up 14% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Salisbury

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal591.1%
  • Serious83216%
  • Slight4,25083%

What the data shows

  • Salisbury had 618 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 739 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Salisbury were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 791 children under 16 were killed or injured in Salisbury, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Salisbury.

Where Salisbury ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
207th
Most casualties
211th
Most fatal collisions
188th
Most serious collisions
221st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday724 (14%)
  • Tuesday791 (15%)
  • Wednesday715 (14%)
  • Thursday769 (15%)
  • Friday917 (18%)
  • Saturday766 (15%)
  • Sunday459 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,906 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,134 (22%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit50 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting32 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown19 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,757 (73%)
  • One way street or slip road528 (10%)
  • Roundabout486 (9.5%)
  • Dual carriageway364 (7.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph340 (6.6%)
  • 30 mph3,849 (75%)
  • 40 mph762 (15%)
  • 50 mph10 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph171 (3.3%)
  • 70 mph9 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds4,140 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds713 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds86 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist48 (0.9%)
  • Fine with high winds47 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (under 0.1%)
  • Other23 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded69 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,855 (45%)
  • Pedestrian1,279 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist991 (16%)
  • Cyclist815 (13%)
  • Van occupant150 (2.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant133 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)32 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant23 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant22 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant13 (0.2%)
  • Other5 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Salisbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Salisbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Salisbury peaked at 208 in 1984; 2025 had 59.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 59
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20255966
20244958
20236875
20227382
20215562
20204449
20195859
20187179
20175774
20168499
20157584
20147388
20138299
20126384
20115771
20106580
200982104
20087697
20078493
200682107
200594121
2004100121
200399138
200291106
2001112142
2000105140
1999112141
1998123163
1997128157
1996113151
1995141165
1994139174
1993116157
1992107141
1991149184
1990139165
1989167204
1988168200
1987152181
1986178215
1985180222
1984208254
1983181220
1982199233
1981175234
1980153191
1979155188

Map of recent crashes in Salisbury

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Salisbury

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Salisbury

The 24 most recent collisions in Salisbury happened between 12 September and 22 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Salisbury

The A36 has the most collisions in Salisbury, 1,085 of 5,141 (21%), followed by the A345 (421).

Collisions in Salisbury on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA361,0851,39519157
2ndA345421564673
3rdA30348475644
4thA360244310542
5thA338196250232
6thA3094166209229
7thA354799819

Council area for Salisbury

Salisbury is in Wiltshire, where police recorded 68,701 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Salisbury accounts for 7.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Salisbury

Collisions in Salisbury were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by SP1 (2,920) and SP2 (2,160).