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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 200363CP01103

Serious
51.8211, -4.6470
1 vehicle 1 casualty
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Slight
51.5175, -0.1206
1 vehicle 1 casualty
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Slight
51.8726, -2.4139
2 vehicles 1 casualty
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Accident 200301DM00079

Slight
51.5196, -0.1859
1 vehicle 1 casualty
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Accident 200363AC01403

Serious
51.8511, -4.3142
2 vehicles 1 casualty
CITROEN DISPATCH LEYLAND DAF FT 95XF
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Accident 200343N181013

Slight
51.6401, -0.8225
2 vehicles 2 casualties
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Accident 2003530AI0462

Serious
51.8876, -2.1605
3 vehicles 1 casualty
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Accident 2003530AI0075

Serious
51.8895, -2.1521
4 vehicles 2 casualties
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Accident 2003530AI0135

Slight
51.8944, -2.1306
2 vehicles 1 casualty
LAND ROVER DISCOVERY AUDI 100 (2y)
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Accident 200301XS00027

Slight
51.5314, -0.3071
2 vehicles 1 casualty
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Accident 200301DM00042

Slight
51.5136, -0.1562
2 vehicles 1 casualty
YAMAHA TW 125 HONDA Model Missing
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Accident 200301XH00039

Serious
51.5526, -0.4425
2 vehicles 1 casualty
RENAULT CLIO (3y) VAUXHALL VECTRA
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Accident 2003610005803

Slight
51.8254, -3.0314
2 vehicles 1 casualty
MITSUBISHI SHOGUN VAUXHALL ASTRA (1y)
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Accident 2003530AI0093

Serious
51.8893, -2.1522
4 vehicles 4 casualties
NISSAN MICRA (1y) LDV 400 SERIES FIAT TIPO VAUXHALL ASTRA
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Accident 200363DP01003

Slight
51.8670, -3.1508
2 vehicles 1 casualty
FORD KA (4y) ROVER 600 SERIES
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Accident 200301XH00036

Slight
51.5479, -0.4112
2 vehicles 1 casualty
NISSAN PRIMERA (4y) VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
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Accident 2003530AI0270

Slight
51.8734, -2.4232
2 vehicles 2 casualties
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT (3y) PEUGEOT 306
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Accident 2003530AI0021

Serious
51.8800, -2.4627
2 vehicles 3 casualties
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF DAIHATSU SPORTRAK
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Accident 200343N125013

Slight
51.5618, -0.4985
3 vehicles 1 casualty
VAUXHALL VECTRA PEUGEOT 206 NISSAN MICRA
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Accident 200301DM00049

Slight
51.5141, -0.1513
1 vehicle 1 casualty
MCW Model Missing (3y)
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