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Wantage road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 813 road traffic collisions in Wantage, Vale of White Horse, from 1979 to 2025, and 974 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 168 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
813
866th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
974
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
168
177 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wantage

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal60.7%
  • Serious16821%
  • Slight63979%

What the data shows

  • Wantage had 82 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 23% fewer than the 106 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Wantage were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 204 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wantage, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Wantage.

Where Wantage ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
866th
Most casualties
894th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
794th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday103 (13%)
  • Tuesday133 (16%)
  • Wednesday123 (15%)
  • Thursday128 (16%)
  • Friday128 (16%)
  • Saturday121 (15%)
  • Sunday77 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight627 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit167 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway667 (82%)
  • Roundabout70 (8.6%)
  • One way street or slip road65 (8%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (1%)
  • 30 mph775 (95%)
  • 40 mph14 (1.7%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph14 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds659 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds86 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other24 (3%)
  • Not recorded8 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant369 (38%)
  • Pedestrian236 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist178 (18%)
  • Cyclist152 (16%)
  • Bus or coach occupant23 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant10 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wantage road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wantage, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wantage peaked at 40 in 1986; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025811
2024710
20231215
202255
2021910
202044
201966
20181011
20171010
20161113
20151621
201469
20131115
201278
20111012
20101213
20091112
2008912
20071517
200699
20052534
20041719
20031723
20021722
20012123
20001922
19991925
19981922
19971821
19962122
1995710
19942126
19932023
19921418
19912728
19901825
19893237
19883440
19872035
19864043
19853133
19843340
19832428
19822633
19813133
19803036
19792430

Map of recent crashes in Wantage

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wantage

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wantage

The 24 most recent collisions in Wantage happened between 28 April 2023 and 17 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wantage

The A417 has the most collisions in Wantage, 242 of 813 (30%), followed by the A338 (220).

Collisions in Wantage on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA417242299450
2ndA338220266149
3rdB45076682017
4thB44943301

Council area for Wantage

Wantage is in the Vale of White Horse, where police recorded 16,960 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wantage accounts for 4.8% of them.

Postcode district for Wantage

All 813 collisions in Wantage were in the OX12 postcode district.