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Dartmouth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 379 road traffic collisions in Dartmouth, South Hams, from 1979 to 2025, and 431 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 65 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
379
1,355th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
431
1.14 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
65
69 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Dartmouth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.3%
  • Serious6517%
  • Slight30982%

What the data shows

  • Dartmouth had 32 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 55 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Dartmouth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 81 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dartmouth, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in Dartmouth.

Where Dartmouth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,355th
Most casualties
1,456th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,497th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday48 (13%)
  • Tuesday58 (15%)
  • Wednesday55 (15%)
  • Thursday48 (13%)
  • Friday74 (20%)
  • Saturday54 (14%)
  • Sunday42 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight328 (87%)
  • Dark, street lights lit39 (10%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (2.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway310 (82%)
  • One way street or slip road60 (16%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph355 (94%)
  • 60 mph21 (5.5%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds313 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian179 (42%)
  • Car occupant120 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist84 (19%)
  • Cyclist35 (8.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (2.1%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dartmouth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dartmouth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Dartmouth peaked at 21 in 1980; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202411
202324
202223
202111
202011
201945
201889
201733
201646
201579
201456
201333
201255
201133
201033
200945
200866
20071216
200679
200566
200489
200377
2002812
20011212
200088
199977
1998810
199733
199688
19951010
19941011
19931214
199288
199188
1990810
198966
19881519
19871314
19861313
19851923
19841316
1983910
19821922
19811215
19802122
19792124

Map of recent crashes in Dartmouth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dartmouth

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dartmouth

The 24 most recent collisions in Dartmouth happened between 13 February 2018 and 29 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dartmouth

The A379 has the most collisions in Dartmouth, 58 of 379 (15%), followed by the B3205 (58).

Collisions in Dartmouth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3795868212
2ndB32055863113
3rdA3122162304
4thB3207142206

Council area for Dartmouth

Dartmouth is in the South Hams, where police recorded 12,165 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Dartmouth accounts for 3.1% of them.

Postcode district for Dartmouth

All 379 collisions in Dartmouth were in the TQ6 postcode district.