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Whitchurch (Shropshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 575 road traffic collisions in Whitchurch, Shropshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 705 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 94 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
575
1,065th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
705
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
11 people killed
Serious collisions
94
103 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Whitchurch

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.7%
  • Serious9416%
  • Slight47182%

What the data shows

  • Whitchurch had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 78 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Whitchurch were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 104 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whitchurch, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Whitchurch.

Where Whitchurch ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,065th
Most casualties
1,100th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
1,181st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday84 (15%)
  • Tuesday76 (13%)
  • Wednesday73 (13%)
  • Thursday74 (13%)
  • Friday99 (17%)
  • Saturday96 (17%)
  • Sunday73 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight419 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit138 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (1.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway534 (93%)
  • One way street or slip road17 (3%)
  • Roundabout16 (2.8%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph538 (94%)
  • 40 mph4 (0.7%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph19 (3.3%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds468 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds77 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.3%)
  • Other11 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant338 (48%)
  • Pedestrian159 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist104 (15%)
  • Cyclist81 (11%)
  • Van occupant12 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whitchurch road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whitchurch, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Whitchurch peaked at 30 in 1982; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202459
202345
2022812
202111
202078
201966
20181013
201746
201634
201544
20141117
201366
201268
20111214
20101112
200988
200879
2007811
200655
20051112
200433
2003911
20021522
20011517
20001217
19991113
199868
19971113
19961921
19951314
199489
19931416
199278
19911825
19902326
19892631
19881924
19872734
19861621
19852125
19842833
19831515
19823036
19812837
19801929
19792123

Map of recent crashes in Whitchurch

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whitchurch

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whitchurch

The 24 most recent collisions in Whitchurch happened between 22 August 2020 and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whitchurch

The A525 has the most collisions in Whitchurch, 105 of 575 (18%), followed by the A41 (104).

Collisions in Whitchurch on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA525105132220
2ndA41104134417
3rdB5398567326
4thB5395496716
5thA49101402
6thB536491200
7thB54766802

Council area for Whitchurch

Whitchurch is in Shropshire, where police recorded 41,475 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whitchurch accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode district for Whitchurch

All 575 collisions in Whitchurch were in the SY13 postcode district.