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Whittington (Shropshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 103 road traffic collisions in Whittington, Shropshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 137 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 24 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
103
2,792nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
137
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
24
28 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Whittington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2423%
  • Slight7977%

What the data shows

  • Whittington had 8 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 19 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Whittington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 16 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whittington, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Whittington.

Where Whittington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,792nd
Most casualties
2,763rd
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,570th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (19%)
  • Tuesday9 (8.7%)
  • Wednesday18 (17%)
  • Thursday13 (13%)
  • Friday23 (22%)
  • Saturday11 (11%)
  • Sunday9 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight86 (83%)
  • Dark, street lights lit8 (7.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (4.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (2.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway102 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph96 (93%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph5 (4.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds83 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds14 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant81 (59%)
  • Pedestrian15 (11%)
  • Van occupant14 (10%)
  • Cyclist10 (7.3%)
  • Motorcyclist9 (6.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (5.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whittington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whittington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Whittington peaked at 8 in 1989; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202300
202223
202111
202000
201900
201811
201711
201622
201536
201411
201311
201222
201123
201033
200911
200823
200733
200612
200500
200424
200311
200233
200112
200035
199946
199856
199711
199611
199522
199434
199334
199233
199134
199022
1989813
198811
198712
198668
198558
198433
198358
198211
198122
198046
197933

Map of recent crashes in Whittington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whittington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whittington

The 24 most recent collisions in Whittington happened between 10 October 2007 and 16 January 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whittington

The A495 has the most collisions in Whittington, 66 of 103 (64%), followed by the B5009 (21).

Collisions in Whittington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4956695014
2ndB5009212505
3rdA5101104

Council area for Whittington

Whittington is in Shropshire, where police recorded 41,475 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whittington accounts for 0.2% of them.

Postcode district for Whittington

All 103 collisions in Whittington were in the SY11 postcode district.