Road crashes in Buckinghamshire
30,802 recorded collisions since 2000.
30,802
All crashes
553
Fatal
4,736
Serious
25,513
Slight
Buckinghamshire has recorded 30,802 road collisions since 2000, 553 of them fatal and 4,736 causing serious injury. That makes it the 12th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 17% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 18 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 71% since 2000, from 2,073 to 607 in 2024. The A40 is the most affected road locally, with 2,055 collisions.
Worst roads in Buckinghamshire
Crashes by year 2000–2024
4,0002,0000
200020052010201520202024
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.