Road crashes in Gloucester

6,231 recorded collisions since 2000.

Gloucester has recorded 6,231 road collisions since 2000, 47 of them fatal and 912 causing serious injury. That makes it the 255th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 7.5 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 44% since 2000, from 360 to 200 in 2024. The A38 is the most affected road locally, with 931 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.