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Braunton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 429 road traffic collisions in Braunton, North Devon, from 1979 to 2025, and 510 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 79 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
429
1,255th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
510
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
7 people killed
Serious collisions
79
86 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Braunton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.4%
  • Serious7918%
  • Slight34480%

What the data shows

  • Braunton had 56 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 85 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Braunton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 94 children under 16 were killed or injured in Braunton, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Braunton.

Where Braunton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,255th
Most casualties
1,307th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,314th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday69 (16%)
  • Tuesday66 (15%)
  • Wednesday52 (12%)
  • Thursday74 (17%)
  • Friday73 (17%)
  • Saturday54 (13%)
  • Sunday41 (9.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight357 (83%)
  • Dark, street lights lit64 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway415 (97%)
  • Roundabout6 (1.4%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.9%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph377 (88%)
  • 40 mph9 (2.1%)
  • 60 mph37 (8.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds366 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (10%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other11 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant170 (33%)
  • Pedestrian140 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist96 (19%)
  • Cyclist87 (17%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Braunton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Braunton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Braunton peaked at 19 in 1982; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
202466
202344
202266
202166
202056
201968
201856
201747
201688
201511
20141011
20131010
20121112
201144
20101114
2009813
200888
20071214
20061011
20051418
20041414
20031516
20021111
20011113
2000710
199989
19981010
199745
19961016
1995810
19941111
19931112
1992810
1991910
19901118
19891114
198869
19871111
198677
19851821
1984914
19831516
19821922
19811115
198089
19791117

Map of recent crashes in Braunton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Braunton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Braunton

The 24 most recent collisions in Braunton happened between 4 November 2021 and 21 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Braunton

The A361 has the most collisions in Braunton, 202 of 429 (47%), followed by the B3231 (68).

Collisions in Braunton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA361202243353
2ndB3231688419

Council area for Braunton

Braunton is in North Devon, where police recorded 13,076 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Braunton accounts for 3.3% of them.

Postcode district for Braunton

All 429 collisions in Braunton were in the EX33 postcode district.