Road crashes in Richmond upon Thames

11,438 recorded collisions since 2000.

Richmond upon Thames has recorded 11,438 road collisions since 2000, 55 of them fatal and 1,796 causing serious injury. That makes it the 114th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 16% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 4.8 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 50% since 2000, from 679 to 339 in 2024. The A205 is the most affected road locally, with 1,209 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.