Road crashes in Swindon

12,383 recorded collisions since 2000.

Swindon has recorded 12,383 road collisions since 2000, 116 of them fatal and 1,542 causing serious injury. That makes it the 95th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 13% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 9.4 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 47% since 2000, from 726 to 382 in 2024. The B4006 is the most affected road locally, with 1,171 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.