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Burwell road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 184 road traffic collisions in Burwell, East Cambridgeshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 221 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 42 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
184
2,039th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
221
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
2 people killed
Serious collisions
42
44 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Burwell

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.5%
  • Serious4223%
  • Slight14177%

What the data shows

  • Burwell had 24 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 37 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Burwell were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 25 children under 16 were killed or injured in Burwell, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Burwell.

Where Burwell ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,039th
Most casualties
2,147th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,923rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday13 (7.1%)
  • Tuesday30 (16%)
  • Wednesday34 (18%)
  • Thursday30 (16%)
  • Friday33 (18%)
  • Saturday22 (12%)
  • Sunday22 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight129 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit48 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway178 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.5%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (2.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph173 (94%)
  • 60 mph9 (4.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds148 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds18 (9.8%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Other6 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant106 (48%)
  • Motorcyclist52 (24%)
  • Pedestrian29 (13%)
  • Cyclist27 (12%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.8%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Burwell road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Burwell, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Burwell peaked at 10 in 2003; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202424
202333
202266
202134
202022
201900
201811
201749
201611
201512
201411
201333
201235
201178
201011
200967
200845
200755
200666
200500
200466
20031014
200269
200179
200058
199923
199833
199756
199655
199522
199445
199368
199255
199133
199056
198944
198811
198768
198633
198533
198467
198377
198266
198133
198077
197934

Map of recent crashes in Burwell

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Burwell

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Burwell

The 24 most recent collisions in Burwell happened between 26 April 2016 and 16 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Burwell

The B1102 has the most collisions in Burwell, 90 of 184 (49%), followed by the B1103 (12).

Collisions in Burwell on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB110290110018
2ndB1103122012

Council area for Burwell

Burwell is in East Cambridgeshire, where police recorded 10,434 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Burwell accounts for 1.8% of them.

Postcode district for Burwell

All 184 collisions in Burwell were in the CB25 postcode district.