Road crashes in Winchester

9,227 recorded collisions since 2000.

Winchester has recorded 9,227 road collisions since 2000, 178 of them fatal and 1,893 causing serious injury. That makes it the 156th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 22% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 19.3 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 39% since 2000, from 504 to 305 in 2024. The M3 is the most affected road locally, with 1,092 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.