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Westbury (Wiltshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 911 road traffic collisions in Westbury, Wiltshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,148 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 156 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, down from 15 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
911
808th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,148
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
13 people killed
Serious collisions
156
170 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
15 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Westbury

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal111.2%
  • Serious15617%
  • Slight74482%

What the data shows

  • Westbury had 153 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 4% fewer than the 159 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Westbury were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 167 children under 16 were killed or injured in Westbury, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Westbury.

Where Westbury ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
808th
Most casualties
810th
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
836th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday127 (14%)
  • Tuesday140 (15%)
  • Wednesday142 (16%)
  • Thursday136 (15%)
  • Friday172 (19%)
  • Saturday114 (13%)
  • Sunday80 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight639 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit226 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting28 (3.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit14 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway773 (85%)
  • Roundabout127 (14%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph841 (92%)
  • 40 mph8 (0.9%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph46 (5%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds717 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds133 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds18 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded12 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant541 (47%)
  • Motorcyclist214 (19%)
  • Pedestrian179 (16%)
  • Cyclist144 (13%)
  • Van occupant38 (3.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant17 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.3%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.2%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Westbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Westbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Westbury peaked at 32 in 1988; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251314
20241517
20231820
20221416
20211825
20201010
20191417
20181315
20171820
20162023
20151923
20142632
20131920
20121214
20111316
20101524
200999
20081415
20071924
20061314
20052027
20041516
20031725
20021822
20012434
20001113
19991724
19981840
19971924
19962127
19952125
19942632
19932022
19921730
19912128
19902224
19892428
19883243
19872130
19863136
19852628
19843239
19832327
19822840
19812429
19802836
19792331

Map of recent crashes in Westbury

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Westbury

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Westbury

The 24 most recent collisions in Westbury happened between 15 May 2024 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Westbury

The A350 has the most collisions in Westbury, 293 of 911 (32%), followed by the B3097 (96).

Collisions in Westbury on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA350293384551
2ndB30979611413
3rdA30987210719
4thB30984862011

Council area for Westbury

Westbury is in Wiltshire, where police recorded 68,701 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Westbury accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Westbury

All 911 collisions in Westbury were in the BA13 postcode district.