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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 199901XD00101

Slight
51.5214, -0.2637
2 vehicles 3 casualties
MERCEDES C CLASS (2y) VAUXHALL CALIBRA (3y)
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Accident 199901CP00065

Slight
51.5160, -0.0984
1 vehicle 2 casualties
LEYLAND NATIONAL Model Missing
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Accident 199901DM00107

Serious
51.5148, -0.1452
1 vehicle 1 casualty
LEYLAND NATIONAL Model Missing
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Accident 199943P116029

Serious
51.7726, -1.2221
1 vehicle 1 casualty
VOLVO Model Missing (2y)
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Accident 199963MM03499

Slight
51.8658, -4.2859
2 vehicles 1 casualty
ROVER 200 SERIES CITROEN BX
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Accident 199901XS00101

Slight
51.5385, -0.3588
3 vehicles 1 casualty
FORD PROBE (4y) SEAT IBIZA Motorcycle 125cc and under
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Accident 199901EO00069

Slight
51.5191, -0.1198
2 vehicles 1 casualty
Pedal cycle CARBODIES TAXI (2y)
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Accident 199943N144029

Slight
51.6254, -0.7359
2 vehicles 1 casualty
TOYOTA STARLET (2y) VAUXHALL ASTRA (3y)
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Accident 199963PH01999

Serious
51.8358, -4.9720
2 vehicles 1 casualty
VAUXHALL Model Missing MERCEDES 300 (1y)
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Accident 199943N156029

Slight
51.6278, -0.7514
4 vehicles 1 casualty
VAUXHALL NOVA PEUGEOT 205 ROVER 400 SERIES (4y) Vehicle
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Accident 199901XS00115

Slight
51.5335, -0.3303
1 vehicle 1 casualty
MAZDA 626
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Accident 199901XS00106

Serious
51.5335, -0.3264
2 vehicles 1 casualty
TOYOTA CAMRY SAAB 9000
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Accident 199901DM00076

Serious
51.5146, -0.1468
1 vehicle 1 casualty
VOLVO Model Missing (3y)
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Accident 199943N081029

Serious
51.5850, -0.5608
1 vehicle 2 casualties
FORD ORION
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Accident 199901FH00055

Slight
51.5150, -0.2262
2 vehicles 1 casualty
VAUXHALL CARLTON VAUXHALL ASTRA
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Accident 199901EO00062

Slight
51.5175, -0.1214
1 vehicle 1 casualty
TOYOTA CARINA
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Accident 1999530AI0441

Slight
51.8724, -2.2893
2 vehicles 1 casualty
PEUGEOT 106 FORD GRANADA
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Accident 199943N065029

Slight
51.6067, -0.6943
2 vehicles 1 casualty
VAUXHALL CORSA (3y) LEXUS LS400
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Accident 1999610015399

Slight
51.8184, -2.7011
2 vehicles 1 casualty
IVECO-FORD Model Missing Goods over 3.5t. and under 7.5t
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Accident 199901XD00084

Slight
51.5139, -0.2523
2 vehicles 3 casualties
KAWASAKI Model Missing (3y) PORSCHE 924
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