An interactive road map has been updated to show how dangerous Wiltshire and the rest of the UK really is.
The Department for Transport map now includes data from 2011 right up to 2020 of all road collisions in the UK.
Users can navigate the map to see the statistics by region, council area and postcode.
The CollisionMap adjusts the data according to population so that users can compare the figures more accurately between areas as well as the national average.
Alex Smith, Managing Director of Buchanan Computing explained why the company created the map: "Maintaining road safety is an important issue. There are severe financial pressures on local government, meaning authorities can't always devote the necessary funding to road safety.
"By allowing the public free access to CollisionMap, we feel we are playing a part by providing the information they need that allows them to engage with local authorities on road safety matters."
Smith continued, "What is unique to CollisionMap is that we've incorporated the facility for the public to see how they compare adjusted for population levels as well as the road length in their area.
"So, everyone can see if they are in a postcode that has good road safety and also check how their local authority stands compared to others."
How safe are Wiltshire's roads?
There were 670 record collisions in Wiltshire between 2019 and 2000 which is the fourth-highest in the south west after Devon, Cornwall and Gloucestershire.
In contrast, Swindon recorded 291 during the same period.
There were 9665 casualties with 1456 killed and seriously injured (KSI) collisions across the South West between 2019 and 2020.
Of these, Wiltshire made up 867 casualties and 99 KSIs.
On the flip side, the lowest in the South West was the Isles if Scilly which reported no collisions, casualties or KSIs.
Total Collisions in the South West
- Devon - 1100
- Cornwall - 862
- Gloucestershire - 695
- Wiltshire 670
- Bristol - 646
- Somerset - 637
- Dorset - 630
- Plymouth - 381
- South Gloucestershire - 332
- Bournemouth - 310
- Swindon - 291
- North Somerset - 254
- Poole - 218
- Torbay - 183
- Bath and North East Somerset - 175
- Isle of Scilly - 0
See the full CollisionMap here.
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