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Wroughton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 380 road traffic collisions in Wroughton, Swindon, from 1979 to 2025, and 455 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 71 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
380
1,351st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
455
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
71
74 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wroughton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.1%
  • Serious7119%
  • Slight30580%

What the data shows

  • Wroughton had 53 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 5% fewer than the 56 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Wroughton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 91 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wroughton, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Wroughton.

Where Wroughton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,351st
Most casualties
1,408th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,420th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday55 (14%)
  • Tuesday68 (18%)
  • Wednesday58 (15%)
  • Thursday46 (12%)
  • Friday64 (17%)
  • Saturday46 (12%)
  • Sunday43 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight296 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit73 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (2.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway360 (95%)
  • Roundabout17 (4.5%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph360 (95%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph10 (2.6%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds312 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds45 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.1%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant214 (47%)
  • Pedestrian90 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist72 (16%)
  • Cyclist59 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wroughton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wroughton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wroughton peaked at 16 in 2002; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
202458
202389
202268
202166
202011
201922
2018710
201756
201678
201534
201478
201333
2012912
201166
201066
200966
200856
200778
200647
200557
2004913
200333
20021617
20011217
20001218
199977
1998913
1997710
199699
199569
19941214
19931113
199269
199122
1990910
19891111
198858
19871515
19861519
19851617
19841517
19831212
19821113
19811414
19801318
197999

Map of recent crashes in Wroughton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wroughton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wroughton

The 24 most recent collisions in Wroughton happened between 8 March 2022 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wroughton

The A4361 has the most collisions in Wroughton, 125 of 380 (33%), followed by the B4005 (82).

Collisions in Wroughton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4361125154125
2ndB400582109113
3rdA3614957214

Council area for Wroughton

Wroughton is in Swindon, where police recorded 27,158 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wroughton accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode district for Wroughton

All 380 collisions in Wroughton were in the SN4 postcode district.