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A40 road traffic accidents

48,773 collisions recorded
1979 to 2025

The A40 appears in 48,773 collisions in the STATS19 data between 1979 and 2025, involving 64,489 casualties. Of these collisions, 1,008 were fatal and 8,897 were serious. Recorded collisions in 2025 were up 11% on 2024.

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All Severities Fatal Serious Slight
Fatal
1,008
Serious
8,897
Casualties
64,489
2025 449
2024 403
2023 430
2022 424
2021 385
2020 394
2019 550
2018 524
2017 563
2016 591
2015 666
2014 670
2013 665
2012 674
2011 663
2010 680
2009 729
2008 742
2007 807
2006 857
2005 908
2004 1,022
2003 1,048
2002 1,078
2001 1,177
2000 1,209
1999 1,409
1998 1,290
1997 1,374
1996 1,303
1995 1,244
1994 1,210
1993 1,226
1992 1,297
1991 1,381
1990 1,508
1989 1,570
1988 1,519
1987 1,492
1986 1,591
1985 1,554
1984 1,677
1983 1,549
1982 1,552
1981 1,556
1980 1,513
1979 1,650

Westminster

4,250 recorded here

Ealing

4,141 recorded here

Wycombe

1,559 recorded here

Camden

1,517 recorded here

Carmarthenshire

1,472 recorded here

Cheltenham

1,116 recorded here

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City of Westminster

3,156 recorded along the A40

Ealing

2,895 recorded along the A40

Camden

1,305 recorded along the A40

High Wycombe

948 recorded along the A40

Cheltenham

805 recorded along the A40

Oxford

597 recorded along the A40

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Recent Accidents

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Accident 200701CW64522

Slight
51.5141, -0.1514
1 vehicle 1 casualty
VOLVO Model Missing (3y)
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Accident 200701CW65643

Slight
51.5204, -0.1676
1 vehicle 1 casualty
SCANIA Model Missing (2y)
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Accident 200743P121077

Slight
51.7879, -1.2790
1 vehicle 1 casualty
FORD ESCORT
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Accident 2007530191586

Serious
51.8759, -1.9645
2 vehicles 1 casualty
BMW 3 SERIES FIAT UNO
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Accident 200701CW65055

Slight
51.5152, -0.1420
1 vehicle 1 casualty
MERCEDES Model Missing (3y)
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Accident 200743N224077

Slight
51.5611, -0.4981
4 vehicles 1 casualty
NISSAN PRIMERA FORD MONDEO (4y) FORD FOCUS VAUXHALL SIGNUM (2y)
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Accident 2007530191660

Slight
51.8939, -2.1322
3 vehicles 1 casualty
FORD TRANSIT PEUGEOT EXPERT (2y) MERCEDES C CLASS
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Accident 200763DP24307

Serious
51.8904, -3.2345
2 vehicles 1 casualty
JINLUN JL 125 (1y) FORD MONDEO (1y)
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Accident 200701XD80506

Slight
51.5156, -0.2580
1 vehicle 1 casualty
VAUXHALL ZAFIRA
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Accident 2007530191456

Serious
51.8678, -2.3315
2 vehicles 1 casualty
YAMAHA TDM 850 FORD KA (3y)
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Accident 200763AC38907

Slight
51.8729, -4.1363
2 vehicles 1 casualty
RENAULT CLIO YAMAHA YZF R1
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Accident 200743P092077

Slight
51.7802, -1.2413
2 vehicles 1 casualty
Car Car
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Accident 200743P134077

Slight
51.7883, -1.3681
1 vehicle 1 casualty
DAF TRUCKS FA 45LF
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Accident 200701EK64829

Slight
51.5176, -0.1204
1 vehicle 1 casualty
NISSAN SERENA
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Accident 200701XD80472

Serious
51.5251, -0.2706
1 vehicle 1 casualty
HONDA CBR1100X (4y)
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Accident 2007530191999

Serious
51.8948, -2.1033
2 vehicles 1 casualty
HONDA JAZZ SUZUKI GSXR 600
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Accident 200743N002077

Slight
51.6272, -0.7509
1 vehicle 1 casualty
RENAULT LAGUNA
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Accident 2007530191452

Slight
51.8103, -1.7242
3 vehicles 2 casualties
Car Car Car
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Accident 200743P064077

Slight
51.7751, -1.4847
1 vehicle 1 casualty
Car
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Accident 200701XH65853

Slight
51.5287, -0.2881
3 vehicles 3 casualties
PEUGEOT 206 MERCEDES S CLASS ROVER 200 SERIES
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