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Wick (Arun) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 574 road traffic collisions in Wick, Arun, from 1979 to 2025, and 679 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 129 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
574
1,067th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
679
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
129
135 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wick

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.4%
  • Serious12922%
  • Slight43776%

What the data shows

  • Wick had 98 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 9% fewer than the 108 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Wick were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 149 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wick, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 24% of collisions in Wick.

Where Wick ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,067th
Most casualties
1,119th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
957th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday90 (16%)
  • Tuesday94 (16%)
  • Wednesday80 (14%)
  • Thursday84 (15%)
  • Friday91 (16%)
  • Saturday74 (13%)
  • Sunday61 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight441 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit120 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway520 (91%)
  • Roundabout40 (7%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (1.7%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph514 (90%)
  • 40 mph45 (7.8%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph11 (1.9%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds496 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds44 (7.7%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other8 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant252 (37%)
  • Motorcyclist142 (21%)
  • Cyclist133 (20%)
  • Pedestrian125 (18%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wick road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wick, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wick peaked at 21 in 1990; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202568
2024812
20231313
20221314
20211012
2020910
201978
2018911
201756
20161820
20151419
20141522
20131214
201288
201168
201067
20091115
20081115
20071113
20061422
20051420
20041418
20031314
20021013
20011112
20001515
19991616
19981314
19971212
19961011
19951112
19941317
19931111
19921316
19911212
19902124
19891820
198888
19871518
19861617
19851821
19841619
19831415
19821220
19811516
19801314
19791417

Map of recent crashes in Wick

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wick

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wick

The 24 most recent collisions in Wick happened between 18 May 2023 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wick

The A284 has the most collisions in Wick, 253 of 574 (44%), followed by the A259 (72).

Collisions in Wick on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA284253297354
2ndA2597291316
3rdA2013101302

Council area for Wick

Wick is in Arun, where police recorded 18,627 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wick accounts for 3.1% of them.

Postcode district for Wick

All 574 collisions in Wick were in the BN17 postcode district.