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Sway road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 109 road traffic collisions in Sway, New Forest, from 1979 to 2025, and 126 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 21 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
109
2,714th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
126
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
21
21 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sway

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2119%
  • Slight8881%

What the data shows

  • Sway had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 18 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Sway were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Sway are between 9am and noon, with 25% of collisions.
  • 10 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sway, 7.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Sway ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,714th
Most casualties
2,825th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,686th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday15 (14%)
  • Tuesday16 (15%)
  • Wednesday18 (17%)
  • Thursday18 (17%)
  • Friday18 (17%)
  • Saturday14 (13%)
  • Sunday10 (9.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight90 (83%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (9.2%)
  • Dark, street lights lit8 (7.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway108 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph61 (56%)
  • 40 mph23 (21%)
  • 60 mph22 (20%)
  • 70 mph3 (2.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds87 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (10%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.8%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other4 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant75 (60%)
  • Motorcyclist19 (15%)
  • Pedestrian15 (12%)
  • Cyclist10 (7.9%)
  • Van occupant4 (3.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.6%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sway road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sway, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sway peaked at 6 in 1996; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202312
202211
202111
202000
201944
201800
201700
201600
201500
201423
201345
201222
201133
201011
200944
200824
200700
200600
200500
200422
200322
200212
200122
200034
199957
199811
199733
199669
199533
199433
199356
199266
199122
199057
198933
198833
198744
198656
198533
198422
198333
198233
198134
198011
197933

Map of recent crashes in Sway

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sway

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sway

The 24 most recent collisions in Sway happened between 13 May 2009 and 5 July 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sway

The B3055 has the most collisions in Sway, 56 of 109 (51%), followed by the B3058 (8).

Collisions in Sway on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3055566907
2ndB30588801

Council area for Sway

Sway is in the New Forest, where police recorded 26,818 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sway accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Sway

All 109 collisions in Sway were in the SO41 postcode district.