Road crashes in Cotswold

5,828 recorded collisions since 2000.

Cotswold has recorded 5,828 road collisions since 2000, 217 of them fatal and 1,237 causing serious injury. That makes it the 270th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 25% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 37.2 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 39% since 2000, from 336 to 205 in 2024. The A429 is the most affected road locally, with 885 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.