Skip to main content
CrashStats

Cambridge road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 215 road traffic collisions in Cambridge in 2025, and 249 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 52 were serious.

Collisions were level with 2024, and casualties rose from 245.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 23,357 collisions in Cambridge.

Collisions in 2025
215
Level with 2024
Casualties in 2025
249
Up 2% on 2024
Fatal collisions
0
0% of collisions
Serious collisions
52
24% of collisions

Crash severity in Cambridge in 2025

None of the collisions in Cambridge in 2025 were fatal and 24% were serious, against 0.5% and 18% in Cambridge from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious5224%
  • Slight16376%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious5522%
  • Slight19478%

Cambridge road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cambridge, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 825 in 1990. 2025 is highlighted, with 215, level with 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 215
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025215249
2024215245
2023235263
2022271311
2021251280
2020202225
2019330370
2018306350
2017339380
2016394437
2015346368
2014387424
2013346374
2012377410
2011384425
2010418477
2009452512
2008426493
2007420492
2006492583
2005470547
2004522586
2003473535
2002508579
2001522622
2000585676
1999549632
1998609694
1997600729
1996593674
1995619697
1994629709
1993617708
1992622696
1991701806
1990825926
1989764884
1988681781
1987667757
1986726804
1985686807
1984730833
1983643735
1982642748
1981531601
1980533634
1979504595

When and where crashes happen in Cambridge in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday36 (17%)
  • Tuesday40 (19%)
  • Wednesday31 (14%)
  • Thursday34 (16%)
  • Friday39 (18%)
  • Saturday20 (9.3%)
  • Sunday15 (7%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:593 (1.4%)
  • 03:00 to 05:596 (2.8%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5934 (16%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5939 (18%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5931 (14%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5960 (28%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5928 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5914 (6.5%)

Collisions by month

  • January15 (7%)
  • February21 (9.8%)
  • March21 (9.8%)
  • April18 (8.4%)
  • May12 (5.6%)
  • June17 (7.9%)
  • July10 (4.7%)
  • August7 (3.3%)
  • September18 (8.4%)
  • October19 (8.8%)
  • November32 (15%)
  • December25 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight163 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit48 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds180 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (8.8%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other11 (5.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.9%)

Road surface

  • Dry163 (76%)
  • Wet or damp44 (20%)
  • Frost or ice1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded7 (3.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph58 (27%)
  • 30 mph147 (68%)
  • 40 mph5 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph2 (0.9%)
  • 70 mph3 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway154 (72%)
  • Roundabout30 (14%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (9.3%)
  • One way street or slip road11 (5.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Cambridge in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Cyclist121 (49%)
  • Car occupant58 (23%)
  • Pedestrian32 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist17 (6.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded13 (5.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 6 to 104 (1.6%)
  • 11 to 1511 (4.4%)
  • 16 to 2028 (11%)
  • 21 to 2544 (18%)
  • 26 to 3549 (20%)
  • 36 to 4533 (13%)
  • 46 to 5526 (10%)
  • 56 to 6529 (12%)
  • 66 to 7511 (4.4%)
  • Over 755 (2%)
  • Not recorded9 (3.6%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider197 (79%)
  • Pedestrian32 (13%)
  • Passenger20 (8%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car199 (48%)
  • Pedal cycle125 (30%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes22 (5.3%)
  • Motorcycle19 (4.6%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)19 (4.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car18 (4.3%)
  • Bus or coach6 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes3 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown2 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle2 (0.5%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Cambridge in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Cambridge

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Cambridge ranked among 351 areas in 2025

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Cambridge had the 173rd most road collisions in 2025.

Collisions
173rd
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
198th
of 351 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
None
joint lowest with 31 other areas
Serious collisions
188th
of 351 areas, highest first

Accident hotspots in Cambridge in 2025

Market, Cambridge, CB2 1AD area was the busiest accident hotspot in Cambridge in 2025, with 42 collisions, 6 of them serious.

Roads in Cambridge with the most crashes in 2025

The A1134 had the most collisions in Cambridge in 2025: 43, including 10 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Cambridge, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA11344352010
2ndA1307192006
3rdA1303182504
4thA603131506
5thA13098804
6thB10496800
7thA13013301
8thB10473400
9thM113602

Towns in Cambridge: crashes in 2025

Cambridge, Cambridge had 208 collisions in 2025.

Postcode districts in Cambridge: crashes in 2025

CB1 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Cambridge in 2025: 79.

Latest crashes in Cambridge in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Cambridge in 2025, none were fatal and 5 were serious. The last was on 22 December 2025.

Severity

Cambridge road accidents in other years