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Sandown road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,209 road traffic collisions in Sandown, Isle of Wight, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,522 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 254 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,209
668th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,522
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
254
271 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sandown

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal90.7%
  • Serious25421%
  • Slight94678%

What the data shows

  • Sandown had 151 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 233 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Sandown were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 273 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sandown, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Sandown.

Where Sandown ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
668th
Most casualties
665th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
577th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday173 (14%)
  • Tuesday169 (14%)
  • Wednesday192 (16%)
  • Thursday167 (14%)
  • Friday207 (17%)
  • Saturday161 (13%)
  • Sunday140 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight924 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit253 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (1.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,028 (85%)
  • One way street or slip road149 (12%)
  • Roundabout23 (1.9%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph1,164 (96%)
  • 40 mph28 (2.3%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph5 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds967 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds147 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds25 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds23 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other33 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant652 (43%)
  • Pedestrian357 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist291 (19%)
  • Cyclist125 (8.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant62 (4.1%)
  • Van occupant20 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider3 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sandown road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sandown, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sandown peaked at 42 in 2005; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
20241414
20231111
20221619
20211824
20201313
20191623
20181718
20172631
20161320
20151722
20141922
20132330
20122543
20112635
20102232
20093039
20082225
20072424
20062533
20054251
20043245
20032027
20022931
20013036
20002751
19992635
19983241
19973134
19963545
19952435
19943850
19932731
19922227
19913746
19901923
19893136
19883237
19872831
19863843
19853641
19843642
19833245
19824056
19812831
19803035
19792332

Map of recent crashes in Sandown

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sandown

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sandown

The 24 most recent collisions in Sandown happened between 14 November 2023 and 7 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sandown

The A3055 has the most collisions in Sandown, 496 of 1,209 (41%), followed by the A3056 (120).

Collisions in Sandown on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3055496641496
2ndA3056120159031
3rdB332998122322
4thB33956174214
5thA30204600
6thA30544400

Council area for Sandown

Sandown is on the Isle of Wight, where police recorded 19,069 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sandown accounts for 6.3% of them.

Postcode districts in Sandown

Collisions in Sandown were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by PO36 (1,204) and PO37 (5).