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Cottenham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 269 road traffic collisions in Cottenham, South Cambridgeshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 325 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 55 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
269
1,657th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
325
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
55
58 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cottenham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.7%
  • Serious5520%
  • Slight21279%

What the data shows

  • Cottenham had 33 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 63 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Cottenham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 50 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cottenham, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Cottenham.

Where Cottenham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,657th
Most casualties
1,723rd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,641st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday35 (13%)
  • Tuesday39 (14%)
  • Wednesday41 (15%)
  • Thursday37 (14%)
  • Friday58 (22%)
  • Saturday37 (14%)
  • Sunday22 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight184 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit70 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (2.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway248 (92%)
  • Roundabout19 (7.1%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph242 (90%)
  • 40 mph11 (4.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph14 (5.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds205 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds32 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other11 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (2.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant153 (47%)
  • Cyclist65 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist47 (14%)
  • Pedestrian47 (14%)
  • Van occupant11 (3.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cottenham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cottenham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cottenham peaked at 17 in 2004; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202434
202325
202234
202146
202011
201947
201867
201744
201644
201544
201422
201322
201268
2011710
201055
20091112
2008911
20071011
200679
200556
20041719
200377
200245
20011315
200022
199967
19981013
199768
199635
1995510
199488
1993912
199267
199178
199077
198956
198899
198767
1986911
198555
198433
198345
198233
198157
198068
197933

Map of recent crashes in Cottenham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cottenham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cottenham

The 24 most recent collisions in Cottenham happened between 6 May 2018 and 6 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cottenham

Of the 269 collisions in Cottenham, 177 were on the B1049.

Collisions in Cottenham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1049177221138

Council area for Cottenham

Cottenham is in South Cambridgeshire, where police recorded 23,384 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cottenham accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Cottenham

All 269 collisions in Cottenham were in the CB24 postcode district.