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Chatteris road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 595 road traffic collisions in Chatteris, Fenland, from 1979 to 2025, and 752 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 110 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
595
1,045th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
752
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
110
121 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Chatteris

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.5%
  • Serious11018%
  • Slight47680%

What the data shows

  • Chatteris had 62 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 114 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Chatteris were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 98 children under 16 were killed or injured in Chatteris, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Chatteris.

Where Chatteris ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,045th
Most casualties
1,053rd
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,079th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday85 (14%)
  • Tuesday85 (14%)
  • Wednesday95 (16%)
  • Thursday85 (14%)
  • Friday104 (17%)
  • Saturday79 (13%)
  • Sunday62 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight431 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit131 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (2.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (1.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway524 (88%)
  • Roundabout61 (10%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.7%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph444 (75%)
  • 40 mph49 (8.2%)
  • 50 mph8 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph93 (16%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds454 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds65 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds18 (3%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other31 (5.2%)
  • Not recorded15 (2.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant382 (51%)
  • Cyclist120 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist108 (14%)
  • Pedestrian102 (14%)
  • Van occupant19 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Chatteris road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Chatteris, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Chatteris peaked at 23 in 2002; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202467
202344
202233
2021612
202066
201955
20181011
2017812
20161117
201588
201478
20131113
20121012
20111416
20101013
200978
20081114
20071517
20062126
20052224
20041010
20032032
20022332
20011825
20001521
19992023
19981721
19971114
19962026
19951315
19941522
19932222
19922127
19911424
19901523
19891617
19881213
19872026
19861720
19851616
19841117
19832126
19821013
198113
198034
19791620

Map of recent crashes in Chatteris

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Chatteris

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Chatteris

The 24 most recent collisions in Chatteris happened between 21 July 2020 and 12 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Chatteris

The A141 has the most collisions in Chatteris, 134 of 595 (23%), followed by the B1050 (102).

Collisions in Chatteris on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA141134192529
2ndB1050102123118
3rdA1424045111
4thB1098111402

Council area for Chatteris

Chatteris is in Fenland, where police recorded 13,566 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Chatteris accounts for 4.4% of them.

Postcode district for Chatteris

All 595 collisions in Chatteris were in the PE16 postcode district.