Road crashes in Cherwell

9,889 recorded collisions since 2000.

Cherwell has recorded 9,889 road collisions since 2000, 187 of them fatal and 1,628 causing serious injury. That makes it the 139th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 18.9 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 64% since 2000, from 589 to 212 in 2024. The M40 is the most affected road locally, with 1,179 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.