Accident hotspots in Cheltenham: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 169 road collisions in Cheltenham in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
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Road Risk Score
Cheltenham ranks 67 of 125 towns we score — band C, around average
41 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents, 153 vehicle crimes per 100,000, 55% of collisions involving someone outside a car, and a five-year trend of +26.1%. How the score works.
Vulnerable road users in Cheltenham (2025)
29 of Cheltenham's 169 collisions (17%) involved pedestrians; 42 of Cheltenham's 169 collisions (25%) involved cyclists; 22 of Cheltenham's 169 collisions (13%) involved motorcyclists. Together those collisions left 33 people killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Collisions | Share of all collisions | Killed or seriously injured | Serious-outcome rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 29 | 17% | 9 | 31% |
| Cyclists | 42 | 25% | 13 | 31% |
| Motorcyclists | 22 | 13% | 11 | 50% |
14 of Cheltenham’s collisions in 2025 involved a child casualty.
Cheltenham’s busiest collision clusters (2025)
Each circle is a ~100m cluster of police-reported collisions. Larger circles = more collisions; red = at least one death. Click a circle for details.
The short answer
Cheltenham recorded 169 police-reported collisions in 2025 — falling (-17.6% on 2024), or about 144 per 100,000 residents. Its most stubborn risk is Gloucester Road, Hatherley, a hotspot in 4 of the last 5 years.
169
Collisions in Cheltenham (2025)
194
People injured or killed
-17.6%
Change vs 2024
~210
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Cheltenham’s junctions that stay dangerous
These locations recorded multiple collisions in at least four of the last five years (2021–2025) — a persistent pattern, not a one-off bad year.
Gloucester Road, Hatherley
A40
11 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 18 casualties · 7 serious or fatal
Cheltenham’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portland Street, Marle Hill | A46 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Up Hatherley Way, Warden Hill | A46 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Post Office Lane, Ewens Farm | Local road | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Leckhampton Road, Leckhampton | Local road | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Thirlestaine Road, Ewens Farm | A40 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
What to do with this: if your regular routes cross the junctions above, they deserve extra care at peak times — these aren’t random locations, they’re where collisions repeat. For context, Cheltenham’s rate of 144 per 100,000 residents compares with an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track. A junction with a documented five-year history is also the strongest evidence a campaign can put in front of a councillor.
Vulnerable road users in Cheltenham in 2025: 29 collisions involved a pedestrian, 42 a cyclist and 22 a motorcyclist — overall, 144.4 collisions per 100,000 residents.
Area definition: figures cover 6km radius of the town centre. Per-100k rates use the mid-2023 ONS population estimate for the named town or district; where the area is radius-defined, treat the rate as indicative.
These figures come from the Department for Transport’s STATS19 dataset — every collision reported to the police in 2025 — clustered to roughly 100 metres and labelled via OpenStreetMap. Only police-reported incidents are included, so minor damage-only bumps are undercounted. See the full UK hotspots analysis for the national picture and methodology.
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Cheltenham over 5 years
Collisions per year in Cheltenham
2025: 169 (down 17.6% on the year before) · peak 207 in 2023 · +26.1% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
2023 was Cheltenham’s worst year of the period with 207 collisions, against 134 in 2021. Of 2025’s 194 casualties, 48 were killed or seriously injured (1 deaths, 47 serious).
Build the Cheltenham story from this page
Every line below is computed from the official DfT STATS19 dataset and updates when new data is released — copy, check, publish. Free to use with a link to this page as the source.
- “Police recorded 169 road collisions in Cheltenham in 2025, injuring or killing 194 people (DfT STATS19).
- “2023 was Cheltenham's worst year of the last 5 (207 collisions, against 134 in 2021).
- “Cheltenham's collision rate is 144 per 100,000 residents, against an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track.
- “29 collisions involved pedestrians, 42 collisions involved cyclists, 22 collisions involved motorcyclists — with 33 of those people killed or seriously injured.
- “14 collisions in Cheltenham involved a child casualty in 2025.
Attribution: “Analysis by Swift Assist (swiftassistuk.co.uk) of DfT STATS19 data” with a link to this page. Methodology: how we process the data.
Cheltenham's roads are Gloucestershire's responsibility
Collisions above are counted for Cheltenham. The body that maintains those roads, sets the speed limits and decides which junctions get fixed is Gloucestershire — so that is the level at which the record can be compared with anywhere else in Britain.
Per mile driven
83 of 192
Per resident
68 of 188
Risk band
Above average
Five-year trend
up 14.3%
The full record for Gloucestershire — severity-adjusted casualties, the breakdown of who is being hurt, the darkness and ice profile, and a comparison against its ONS statistical neighbours rather than the national average — is on its own page.
Gloucestershire’s full road risk record →What actually changes the odds in Cheltenham
Data is only useful if it changes what you do. These three are picked from Cheltenham’s own figures above, each with the number that prompted it. Every guide explains how the thing works before it suggests buying anything, and most cost less than a third of a typical insurance excess.
Helmet camera
£50–£200
25% of collisions in Cheltenham involve someone on a bike. In a disputed pull-out, footage from the rider's viewpoint is what settles liability.
How it works →
Alarmed disc lock
£20–£50
Motorcyclists are in 13% of Cheltenham's collisions, and bikes are also lifted rather than ridden away. An alarmed disc lock covers the theft half for about £30.
How it works →
Dashcam (parking mode)
£50–£150
Collisions in Cheltenham are up 26% across the period. A dashcam with parking mode is the cheapest way to keep a disputed claim from becoming a 50/50 split.
How it works →
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