Road crashes in West Berkshire

8,802 recorded collisions since 2000.

West Berkshire has recorded 8,802 road collisions since 2000, 188 of them fatal and 1,385 causing serious injury. That makes it the 166th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 21.4 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 66% since 2000, from 601 to 206 in 2024. The A4 is the most affected road locally, with 1,362 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.