The A417: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 115 people were killed or seriously injured in 98 collisions on the A417, making it the 126th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
98
serious or fatal collisions
115
people killed or seriously injured
14
collisions that took a life
#126
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A417 carries 292 recorded injury collisions over the period, 98 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Cotswold, Vale of White Horse, Tewkesbury, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Collisions here are more likely than average to be fatal: 14% against 7% across the numbered network, which usually points to higher speeds. Most collisions were recorded on 50 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2022 with 33 serious collisions, and the count is down 27% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A417
Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.
Where along the route
- Cotswold28 KSI
- Vale of White Horse24 KSI
- Tewkesbury15 KSI
- Forest of Dean10 KSI
- Herefordshire, County of8 KSI
- South Oxfordshire7 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A417
2025: 16 (up 45.5% on the year before) · peak 33 in 2022 · -27.3% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A417
How many accidents happen on the A417?
Police recorded 292 injury collisions on the A417 over 2021–2025, of which 98 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 115 people killed or seriously injured, including 14 fatal collisions.
Is the A417 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 126 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 116 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.
Where on the A417 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Cotswold, Vale of White Horse, Tewkesbury. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.
Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.
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