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Witney road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,653 road traffic collisions in Witney, West Oxfordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,934 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 255 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 15 collisions, up from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,653
524th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,934
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
15 people killed
Serious collisions
255
273 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
15
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Witney

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal130.8%
  • Serious25515%
  • Slight1,38584%

What the data shows

  • Witney had 203 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 334 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Witney were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 350 children under 16 were killed or injured in Witney, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Witney.

Where Witney ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
524th
Most casualties
556th
Most fatal collisions
707th
Most serious collisions
574th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday247 (15%)
  • Tuesday256 (15%)
  • Wednesday252 (15%)
  • Thursday266 (16%)
  • Friday285 (17%)
  • Saturday209 (13%)
  • Sunday138 (8.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,251 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit370 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,407 (85%)
  • Roundabout210 (13%)
  • Dual carriageway17 (1%)
  • One way street or slip road13 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph45 (2.7%)
  • 30 mph1,409 (85%)
  • 40 mph121 (7.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph71 (4.3%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,362 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds174 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds24 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds19 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other46 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant708 (37%)
  • Pedestrian423 (22%)
  • Cyclist412 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist320 (17%)
  • Van occupant25 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant23 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Witney road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Witney, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Witney peaked at 64 in 2000; 2025 had 15.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 15
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251516
202499
20231618
20223031
20212022
202099
20191617
20183136
20172528
20163239
20152836
20143136
20133137
20123643
20112531
20103242
20093744
20084346
20073844
20063343
20054147
20043039
20034146
20023655
20014352
20006469
19994555
19983644
19975662
19963442
19954151
19943141
19934248
19924250
19914044
19904347
19893945
19883739
19874455
19866267
19853942
19845461
19832631
19823643
19813750
19803739
19794043

Map of recent crashes in Witney

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Witney

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Witney

The 24 most recent collisions in Witney happened between 21 January 2024 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Witney

The A4095 has the most collisions in Witney, 317 of 1,653 (19%), followed by the A415 (195).

Collisions in Witney on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4095317372446
2ndA415195226227
3rdB4022168197229
4thB40476997115
5thA407900

Council area for Witney

Witney is in West Oxfordshire, where police recorded 13,019 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Witney accounts for 13% of them.

Postcode districts in Witney

Collisions in Witney were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by OX28 (1,559) and OX29 (94).