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Bassingbourn road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 179 road traffic collisions in Bassingbourn, South Cambridgeshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 237 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 41 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
179
2,065th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
237
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
41
43 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bassingbourn

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.1%
  • Serious4123%
  • Slight13676%

What the data shows

  • Bassingbourn had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 33 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Bassingbourn were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 36 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bassingbourn, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Bassingbourn.

Where Bassingbourn ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,065th
Most casualties
2,062nd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,948th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday24 (13%)
  • Tuesday36 (20%)
  • Wednesday23 (13%)
  • Thursday20 (11%)
  • Friday35 (20%)
  • Saturday22 (12%)
  • Sunday19 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight143 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit34 (19%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway158 (88%)
  • Roundabout19 (11%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph102 (57%)
  • 40 mph32 (18%)
  • 50 mph27 (15%)
  • 60 mph17 (9.5%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds143 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds14 (7.8%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (3.4%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other2 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded7 (3.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant126 (53%)
  • Motorcyclist38 (16%)
  • Cyclist32 (14%)
  • Pedestrian24 (10%)
  • Van occupant10 (4.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bassingbourn road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bassingbourn, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bassingbourn peaked at 12 in 1996; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202412
202335
202223
202111
202011
201912
201812
201735
201633
201533
201422
201348
201278
201125
201024
200935
200800
200777
200634
200579
2004613
200368
200223
2001810
200023
199944
1998810
199766
19961216
199522
199469
199367
199246
1991811
199077
198911
198856
198722
198623
198556
198479
198356
198233
198100
198022
197933

Map of recent crashes in Bassingbourn

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bassingbourn

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bassingbourn

The 24 most recent collisions in Bassingbourn happened between 12 November 2013 and 16 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bassingbourn

The A1198 has the most collisions in Bassingbourn, 72 of 179 (40%), followed by the A14 (18).

Collisions in Bassingbourn on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA119872116016
2ndA14182205

Council area for Bassingbourn

Bassingbourn is in South Cambridgeshire, where police recorded 23,384 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bassingbourn accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Bassingbourn

All 179 collisions in Bassingbourn were in the SG8 postcode district.