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Wallingford road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 520 road traffic collisions in Wallingford, South Oxfordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 584 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 112 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
520
1,133rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
584
1.12 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
11 people killed
Serious collisions
112
115 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wallingford

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.9%
  • Serious11222%
  • Slight39877%

What the data shows

  • Wallingford had 36 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 59% fewer than the 87 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Wallingford were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 90 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wallingford, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Wallingford.

Where Wallingford ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,133rd
Most casualties
1,218th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
1,060th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday73 (14%)
  • Tuesday84 (16%)
  • Wednesday71 (14%)
  • Thursday88 (17%)
  • Friday88 (17%)
  • Saturday74 (14%)
  • Sunday42 (8.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight399 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit112 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway430 (83%)
  • One way street or slip road50 (9.6%)
  • Roundabout28 (5.4%)
  • Dual carriageway11 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (1%)
  • 30 mph464 (89%)
  • 40 mph17 (3.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph32 (6.2%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds428 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds46 (8.8%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other20 (3.8%)
  • Not recorded11 (2.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant183 (31%)
  • Pedestrian152 (26%)
  • Cyclist117 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist114 (20%)
  • Van occupant5 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wallingford road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wallingford, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wallingford peaked at 23 in 1989; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202455
202323
202266
202122
202044
201944
201812
201755
201666
20151112
2014810
201355
20121014
201167
20101212
200988
20081212
200766
2006910
200566
20041111
20031111
200288
20011617
20001111
19991113
199899
19971820
1996910
19951516
19941419
19931111
19921518
1991811
19901820
19892327
19881922
19871821
19862124
19852127
19841819
19832327
19821516
19811518
19802024
19791314

Map of recent crashes in Wallingford

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wallingford

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wallingford

The 24 most recent collisions in Wallingford happened between 27 March 2019 and 13 January 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wallingford

The A329 has the most collisions in Wallingford, 119 of 520 (23%), followed by the A4130 (95).

Collisions in Wallingford on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA329119148428
2ndA413095106130

Council area for Wallingford

Wallingford is in South Oxfordshire, where police recorded 19,707 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wallingford accounts for 2.6% of them.

Postcode district for Wallingford

All 520 collisions in Wallingford were in the OX10 postcode district.