The A429: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 119 people were killed or seriously injured in 107 collisions on the A429, making it the 111th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
107
serious or fatal collisions
119
people killed or seriously injured
9
collisions that took a life
#111
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A429 carries 337 recorded injury collisions over the period, 107 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Cotswold, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 8%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 60 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2021 with 27 serious collisions, and the count is down 19% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A429
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
- Cotswold64 KSI
- Warwick17 KSI
- Stratford-on-Avon12 KSI
- Wiltshire7 KSI
- Coventry6 KSI
- Swindon1 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A429
2025: 22 (up 120% on the year before) · peak 27 in 2021 · -18.5% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A429
How many accidents happen on the A429?
Police recorded 337 injury collisions on the A429 over 2021–2025, of which 107 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 119 people killed or seriously injured, including 9 fatal collisions.
Is the A429 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 111 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 101 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 A429 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Cotswold, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon. 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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