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Eye (Peterborough) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 365 road traffic collisions in Eye, Peterborough, from 1979 to 2025, and 492 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 67 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
365
1,382nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
492
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
7 people killed
Serious collisions
67
75 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Eye

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.6%
  • Serious6718%
  • Slight29280%

What the data shows

  • Eye had 45 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 62 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Eye were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 62 children under 16 were killed or injured in Eye, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Eye.

Where Eye ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,382nd
Most casualties
1,339th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,470th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (13%)
  • Tuesday54 (15%)
  • Wednesday50 (14%)
  • Thursday47 (13%)
  • Friday64 (18%)
  • Saturday58 (16%)
  • Sunday43 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight270 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit79 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (2.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway287 (79%)
  • Roundabout72 (20%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph232 (64%)
  • 40 mph28 (7.7%)
  • 60 mph101 (28%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds267 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds52 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Other5 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded17 (4.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant307 (62%)
  • Motorcyclist64 (13%)
  • Pedestrian49 (10%)
  • Cyclist30 (6.1%)
  • Van occupant16 (3.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1.6%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Eye road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Eye, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Eye peaked at 16 in 1991; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202400
202344
2022611
202168
202033
201967
201868
201722
201679
201578
201411
2013511
201233
201144
201057
20091121
200879
20071115
2006813
20051117
2004811
20031010
2002914
2001910
20001114
199922
1998910
19971215
199655
199557
19941010
199347
199288
19911622
19901216
19891622
19881519
19871317
198678
19851317
19841531
19831220
198244
198156
198068
19791113

Map of recent crashes in Eye

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Eye

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Eye

The 24 most recent collisions in Eye happened between 25 July 2020 and 28 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Eye

The A47 has the most collisions in Eye, 210 of 365 (58%), followed by the A1073 (46).

Collisions in Eye on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA47210313539
2ndA1073465618

Council area for Eye

Eye is in Peterborough, where police recorded 32,709 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Eye accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Eye

All 365 collisions in Eye were in the PE6 postcode district.