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Wootton (Isle of Wight) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 289 road traffic collisions in Wootton, Isle of Wight, from 1979 to 2025, and 378 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 71 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
289
1,588th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
378
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
71
76 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wootton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious7125%
  • Slight21875%

What the data shows

  • Wootton had 46 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 58 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Wootton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 52 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wootton, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Wootton.

Where Wootton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,588th
Most casualties
1,576th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
1,420th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (17%)
  • Tuesday37 (13%)
  • Wednesday44 (15%)
  • Thursday52 (18%)
  • Friday53 (18%)
  • Saturday31 (11%)
  • Sunday23 (8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight227 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit52 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (2.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway277 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (2.1%)
  • Roundabout5 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph244 (84%)
  • 40 mph31 (11%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph13 (4.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds236 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds37 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.7%)
  • Other3 (1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant209 (55%)
  • Motorcyclist73 (19%)
  • Pedestrian42 (11%)
  • Cyclist32 (8.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant8 (2.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wootton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wootton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wootton peaked at 17 in 1996; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202568
202467
202333
202268
202111
202022
201967
201833
201767
201679
201577
201445
2013410
201233
201166
201058
2009910
200879
200745
2006913
200533
200467
200377
200258
20011115
2000910
199947
1998810
199767
19961726
199558
19941212
19931015
199269
199157
199058
1989816
198845
198747
198678
19851012
198433
1983811
198245
198178
198067
197956

Map of recent crashes in Wootton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wootton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wootton

The 24 most recent collisions in Wootton happened between 18 May 2020 and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wootton

The A3054 has the most collisions in Wootton, 188 of 289 (65%), followed by the A3055 (4).

Collisions in Wootton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3054188251046
2ndA30554403

Council area for Wootton

Wootton is on the Isle of Wight, where police recorded 19,069 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wootton accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Wootton

All 289 collisions in Wootton were in the PO33 postcode district.