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Southam (Stratford-on-Avon) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 379 road traffic collisions in Southam, Stratford-on-Avon, from 1979 to 2025, and 453 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 82 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
379
1,355th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
453
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
82
90 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Southam

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.3%
  • Serious8222%
  • Slight29277%

What the data shows

  • Southam had 36 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 64 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Southam were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 81 children under 16 were killed or injured in Southam, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Southam.

Where Southam ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,355th
Most casualties
1,414th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,288th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday50 (13%)
  • Tuesday65 (17%)
  • Wednesday45 (12%)
  • Thursday52 (14%)
  • Friday76 (20%)
  • Saturday61 (16%)
  • Sunday30 (7.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight302 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit64 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (2.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway375 (99%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.8%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph269 (71%)
  • 40 mph27 (7.1%)
  • 50 mph7 (1.8%)
  • 60 mph66 (17%)
  • 70 mph8 (2.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds327 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds38 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant199 (44%)
  • Pedestrian100 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist88 (19%)
  • Cyclist50 (11%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Southam road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Southam, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Southam peaked at 21 in 1989; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202423
202356
202244
202144
202022
201955
201844
201723
201644
201555
201466
201388
201255
201157
201077
200946
20081013
200788
200666
200566
20041011
2003710
200233
2001910
2000813
199988
199867
199745
199689
199523
199456
199344
19921014
199189
19901617
19892124
19881920
19871625
1986813
19851519
19841519
19832025
19821619
19811112
19801216
19791215

Map of recent crashes in Southam

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Southam

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Southam

The 24 most recent collisions in Southam happened between 1 October 2019 and 24 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Southam

The A423 has the most collisions in Southam, 104 of 379 (27%), followed by the A425 (68).

Collisions in Southam on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA423104128220
2ndA4256885015
3rdB4451222706

Council area for Southam

Southam is in Stratford-on-Avon, where police recorded 20,778 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Southam accounts for 1.8% of them.

Postcode district for Southam

All 379 collisions in Southam were in the CV47 postcode district.