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Warminster road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,229 road traffic collisions in Warminster, Wiltshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,508 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 225 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, down from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,229
658th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,508
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
225
243 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
15 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Warminster

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal90.7%
  • Serious22518%
  • Slight99581%

What the data shows

  • Warminster had 143 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 7% fewer than the 153 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Warminster were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 290 children under 16 were killed or injured in Warminster, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Warminster.

Where Warminster ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
658th
Most casualties
667th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
652nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday164 (13%)
  • Tuesday187 (15%)
  • Wednesday168 (14%)
  • Thursday212 (17%)
  • Friday214 (17%)
  • Saturday172 (14%)
  • Sunday112 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight898 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit280 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit25 (2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,092 (89%)
  • Roundabout119 (9.7%)
  • One way street or slip road14 (1.1%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph1,132 (92%)
  • 40 mph65 (5.3%)
  • 60 mph27 (2.2%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,003 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds146 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds23 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds19 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist12 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded21 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant594 (39%)
  • Pedestrian329 (22%)
  • Cyclist260 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist243 (16%)
  • Bus or coach occupant39 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant18 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Mobility scooter rider4 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Warminster road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Warminster, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Warminster peaked at 54 in 1983; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025911
20241415
20231825
20221823
20211617
202066
20191011
20182127
20171617
20161517
20152527
20141419
20131111
20121214
20112123
201067
20091011
20081114
20072027
20062325
20052532
20042021
20032127
20022834
20012630
20003241
19992932
19982227
19973446
19962731
19953442
19943136
19933336
19923270
19911919
19903742
19893237
19884354
19874665
19864550
19854351
19844247
19835469
19825057
19815166
19803550
19794249

Map of recent crashes in Warminster

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Warminster

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Warminster

The 24 most recent collisions in Warminster happened between 24 December 2023 and 6 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Warminster

The B3414 has the most collisions in Warminster, 257 of 1,229 (21%), followed by the A36 (186).

Collisions in Warminster on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3414257317044
2ndA36186237239
3rdA35097120021
4thA362323907

Council area for Warminster

Warminster is in Wiltshire, where police recorded 68,701 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Warminster accounts for 1.8% of them.

Postcode district for Warminster

All 1,229 collisions in Warminster were in the BA12 postcode district.