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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 200701FH10185

Serious
51.5150, -0.2260
2 vehicles 1 casualty
SUZUKI GSX 600 FIAT PUNTO
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Accident 200743N148047

Slight
51.6010, -0.6807
3 vehicles 1 casualty
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (1y) Car PEUGEOT PARTNER
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Accident 200701BS70191

Slight
51.5159, -0.2205
2 vehicles 1 casualty
Car NISSAN PRIMERA
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Accident 2007610022307

Serious
51.7681, -2.8340
1 vehicle 1 casualty
Motorcycle over 500cc (1y)
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Accident 200763AC13307

Slight
51.8739, -4.1757
4 vehicles 1 casualty
Car PEUGEOT 106 RENAULT CLIO (4y) FORD FIESTA
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Accident 200743P262047

Slight
51.7922, -1.3237
5 vehicles 1 casualty
HYUNDAI COUPE CHRYSLER PT CRUISER FORD TRANSIT CONNECT PORSCHE BOXSTER MAZDA 626
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Accident 200701CW11009

Serious
51.5138, -0.1539
1 vehicle 1 casualty
PEUGEOT 206 (4y)
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Accident 200701XD62849

Fatal
51.5353, -0.3451
1 vehicle 1 casualty
DAF TRUCKS FTG 95XF
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Accident 200763CP09007

Serious
51.9948, -4.9785
2 vehicles 1 casualty
RENAULT CLIO Pedal cycle
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Accident 200701XH30220

Slight
51.5480, -0.4107
2 vehicles 1 casualty
YAMAHA YZF R6 (1y) VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
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Accident 200743N103047

Slight
51.6273, -0.7445
3 vehicles 1 casualty
SUBARU IMPREZA FIAT PUNTO SKODA FELICIA
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Accident 200763CP12107

Slight
52.0031, -4.9936
2 vehicles 1 casualty
KAWASAKI Model Missing NISSAN X-TRAIL (3y)
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Accident 200743P102047

Slight
51.8027, -1.6371
2 vehicles 3 casualties
FORD KA PEUGEOT 106 (4y)
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Accident 2007530190460

Slight
51.8702, -1.9637
3 vehicles 2 casualties
Car HONDA CRX FORD FIESTA
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Accident 200701XH30330

Slight
51.5483, -0.4184
2 vehicles 4 casualties
Bus or coach (17 or more pass seats) (3y) VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (4y)
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Accident 200763AC13907

Slight
51.8506, -4.3249
3 vehicles 2 casualties
FORD FIESTA VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT (2y) Car
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Accident 200763AC14807

Slight
51.8162, -4.5002
1 vehicle 2 casualties
HONDA CBR600F
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Accident 200763AC17307

Slight
51.8170, -4.5073
3 vehicles 2 casualties
RENAULT 19 VAUXHALL VECTRA Car
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Accident 200743P066047

Slight
51.8077, -1.6625
2 vehicles 6 casualties
NISSAN MICRA VOLKSWAGEN POLO
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Accident 200701FH10153

Slight
51.5143, -0.2351
3 vehicles 1 casualty
FORD FIESTA Car VAUXHALL ASTRA
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