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Wootton (Vale of White Horse) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 177 road traffic collisions in Wootton, Vale of White Horse, from 1979 to 2025, and 229 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 46 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
177
2,080th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
229
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
46
52 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wootton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.1%
  • Serious4626%
  • Slight12973%

What the data shows

  • Wootton had 14 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 26 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Wootton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 27 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wootton, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Wootton.

Where Wootton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,080th
Most casualties
2,111th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,829th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday26 (15%)
  • Tuesday27 (15%)
  • Wednesday30 (17%)
  • Thursday25 (14%)
  • Friday23 (13%)
  • Saturday28 (16%)
  • Sunday18 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight117 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit43 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (6.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway174 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.1%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph86 (49%)
  • 40 mph82 (46%)
  • 60 mph8 (4.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds138 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.3%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Other9 (5.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant114 (50%)
  • Motorcyclist70 (31%)
  • Cyclist31 (14%)
  • Pedestrian12 (5.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

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 13 in 1979; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202300
202211
202100
202000
201912
201811
201746
201657
201511
201433
201311
201200
201100
201034
200933
200855
200758
200655
200511
200422
200333
200233
200157
200045
199946
199833
199723
199657
199544
199434
1993614
199255
199122
1990812
1989710
198855
198744
1986811
198567
19841118
198366
198269
198155
198068
19791316

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 20 March 2009 and 13 January 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wootton

Of the 177 collisions in Wootton, 126 were on the B4017.

Collisions in Wootton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4017126167135

Council area for Wootton

Wootton is in the Vale of White Horse, where police recorded 16,960 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wootton accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode districts in Wootton

Collisions in Wootton were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by OX13 (143) and OX1 (34).