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EX32 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,850 road traffic collisions in the EX32 postcode district, North Devon, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,655 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 46 were fatal and 504 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 33 collisions, down 15% on 2024 (39).

Collisions since 1979
2,850
1,369th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
3,655
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
46
55 people killed
Serious collisions
504
578 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
33
Down 15% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
44
Down 8% on 2024

Road collision statistics for EX32

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal461.6%
  • Serious50418%
  • Slight2,30081%

What the data shows

  • EX32 had 423 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 506 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in EX32 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 563 children under 16 were killed or injured in EX32, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in EX32.

Where EX32 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,369th
Most casualties
1,430th
Most fatal collisions
1,308th
Most serious collisions
1,476th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday378 (13%)
  • Tuesday462 (16%)
  • Wednesday419 (15%)
  • Thursday384 (13%)
  • Friday495 (17%)
  • Saturday425 (15%)
  • Sunday287 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,270 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit339 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting220 (7.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown16 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,441 (86%)
  • Roundabout257 (9%)
  • Dual carriageway77 (2.7%)
  • One way street or slip road59 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded16 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph1,750 (61%)
  • 40 mph150 (5.3%)
  • 50 mph8 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph929 (33%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,206 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds436 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds44 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds40 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist15 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.2%)
  • Other63 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded33 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,989 (54%)
  • Pedestrian580 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist495 (14%)
  • Cyclist388 (11%)
  • Van occupant78 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant50 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)26 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant18 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant14 (0.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant5 (0.1%)
  • Other11 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EX32 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EX32, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EX32 peaked at 90 in 1983; 2025 had 33.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 33
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253344
20243948
20233345
20223960
20215686
20203237
20194248
20184871
20174658
20165581
20155568
20144965
20133248
20125369
20114259
20104557
20095873
20084962
20076087
20066378
200582107
200478100
20037397
20026382
20018095
20006682
19997791
19985973
19978099
19966882
19957181
19945881
19935979
19925971
19915975
19907493
19896786
19887490
19878498
198673104
19856880
198483110
198390112
198286121
19818297
19805973
19794952

Map of recent crashes in EX32

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EX32

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EX32

The 24 most recent collisions in EX32 happened between 25 March and 24 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EX32

The A361 has the most collisions in EX32, 717 of 2,850 (25%), followed by the A39 (255).

Collisions in EX32 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3617171,00817140
2ndA39255321240
3rdA377118161521
4thA39986119220
5thA3125344315
6thB3138313705
7thB3233313309
8thB3226243339

Council area for EX32

EX32 is in North Devon, where police recorded 13,076 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EX32 accounts for 22% of them.

Town in EX32

Of the 2,850 collisions in EX32, 1,604 (56%) were in Barnstaple.