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Thame road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 625 road traffic collisions in Thame, South Oxfordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 753 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 108 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
625
1,012th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
753
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
108
123 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Thame

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.4%
  • Serious10817%
  • Slight50881%

What the data shows

  • Thame had 60 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 102 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Thame were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 127 children under 16 were killed or injured in Thame, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Thame.

Where Thame ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,012th
Most casualties
1,051st
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,095th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday73 (12%)
  • Tuesday108 (17%)
  • Wednesday95 (15%)
  • Thursday105 (17%)
  • Friday124 (20%)
  • Saturday77 (12%)
  • Sunday43 (6.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight474 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit127 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (2.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway528 (84%)
  • Roundabout81 (13%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (1.6%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph527 (84%)
  • 40 mph14 (2.2%)
  • 50 mph31 (5%)
  • 60 mph50 (8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds518 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds61 (9.8%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other22 (3.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant318 (42%)
  • Pedestrian155 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist127 (17%)
  • Cyclist123 (16%)
  • Van occupant12 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Thame road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Thame, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Thame peaked at 27 in 2001; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
202466
202344
20221215
202133
202089
201999
201867
201745
201622
20151316
201458
201367
20121114
20111016
20101011
2009711
20081212
20071517
20061317
2005911
20041516
20031418
20021012
20012732
200088
19992327
19981519
19971115
19961314
19952534
1994911
19931519
19921620
19912025
19901617
19892325
19882121
19871826
19861925
19851818
19841320
19832025
19822022
19811719
19802129
19792729

Map of recent crashes in Thame

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Thame

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Thame

The 24 most recent collisions in Thame happened between 6 June 2022 and 22 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Thame

The B4445 has the most collisions in Thame, 197 of 625 (32%), followed by the B4012 (61).

Collisions in Thame on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4445197221232
2ndB40126187212
3rdA4129607627
4thA418283308
5thA329203125

Council area for Thame

Thame is in South Oxfordshire, where police recorded 19,707 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Thame accounts for 3.2% of them.

Postcode districts in Thame

Collisions in Thame were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by OX9 (620) and OX39 (5).