Road crashes in Tewkesbury

5,078 recorded collisions since 2000.

Tewkesbury has recorded 5,078 road collisions since 2000, 159 of them fatal and 933 causing serious injury. That makes it the 303rd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 22% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 31.3 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 50% since 2000, from 335 to 169 in 2024. The M5 is the most affected road locally, with 647 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.