Road crashes in Isle of Wight

8,992 recorded collisions since 2000.

Isle of Wight has recorded 8,992 road collisions since 2000, 102 of them fatal and 1,860 causing serious injury. That makes it the 161st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 22% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 11.3 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 52% since 2000, from 473 to 229 in 2024. The A3055 is the most affected road locally, with 1,104 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.