Road crashes in Bristol, City of

28,186 recorded collisions since 2000.

Bristol, City of has recorded 28,186 road collisions since 2000, 233 of them fatal and 3,042 causing serious injury. That makes it the 15th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 12% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 8.3 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 45% since 2000, from 1,527 to 841 in 2024. The A38 is the most affected road locally, with 2,324 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.