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Ventnor road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 442 road traffic collisions in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, from 1979 to 2025, and 534 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 99 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
442
1,243rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
534
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
99
112 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ventnor

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.9%
  • Serious9922%
  • Slight33977%

What the data shows

  • Ventnor had 58 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 25% fewer than the 77 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Ventnor were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 97 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ventnor, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Ventnor.

Where Ventnor ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,243rd
Most casualties
1,278th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,154th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday65 (15%)
  • Tuesday66 (15%)
  • Wednesday67 (15%)
  • Thursday48 (11%)
  • Friday67 (15%)
  • Saturday74 (17%)
  • Sunday55 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight352 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit74 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway374 (85%)
  • One way street or slip road60 (14%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph387 (88%)
  • 40 mph31 (7%)
  • 60 mph15 (3.4%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds358 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds48 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (2.5%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other11 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant203 (38%)
  • Pedestrian133 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist124 (23%)
  • Cyclist47 (8.8%)
  • Van occupant13 (2.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ventnor road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ventnor, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ventnor peaked at 23 in 1982; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202446
202355
202255
202166
202077
201989
2018810
201777
201633
201555
20141417
20131112
2012811
2011811
20101011
200933
2008810
200779
200633
200566
20041112
2003810
20021214
2001910
20001111
199978
199877
199799
199655
19951014
19941117
19931111
19921320
19911315
19901219
19891719
198899
19871012
19861214
19851824
19841321
19832123
19822333
1981912
19801114
197999

Map of recent crashes in Ventnor

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ventnor

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ventnor

The 24 most recent collisions in Ventnor happened between 11 April 2021 and 27 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ventnor

The A3055 has the most collisions in Ventnor, 172 of 442 (39%), followed by the B3327 (90).

Collisions in Ventnor on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3055172209341
2ndB332790113019

Council area for Ventnor

Ventnor is on the Isle of Wight, where police recorded 19,069 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ventnor accounts for 2.3% of them.

Postcode district for Ventnor

All 442 collisions in Ventnor were in the PO38 postcode district.