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Fordham (East Cambridgeshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 199 road traffic collisions in Fordham, East Cambridgeshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 289 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 42 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
199
1,952nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
289
1.45 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
42
48 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Fordham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.5%
  • Serious4221%
  • Slight15477%

What the data shows

  • Fordham had 31 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 72% more than the 18 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Fordham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 24 children under 16 were killed or injured in Fordham, 8.4% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Fordham.

Where Fordham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,952nd
Most casualties
1,850th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,923rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (15%)
  • Tuesday24 (12%)
  • Wednesday23 (12%)
  • Thursday37 (19%)
  • Friday34 (17%)
  • Saturday26 (13%)
  • Sunday25 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight158 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit35 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway195 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.5%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph93 (47%)
  • 40 mph93 (47%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph11 (5.5%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds149 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (17%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other3 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant192 (66%)
  • Motorcyclist35 (12%)
  • Pedestrian21 (7.3%)
  • Cyclist17 (5.9%)
  • Van occupant11 (3.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (2.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Fordham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Fordham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Fordham peaked at 13 in 2000; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202436
202315
202245
202146
202046
201946
201822
201711
201657
201500
201434
201311
201211
201125
201011
200911
200844
200734
200623
200568
2004611
2003812
200225
200155
20001316
199979
1998611
19971015
199644
199557
1994815
199367
199267
199158
1990914
198946
198855
198766
1986714
198547
198423
198333
1982512
198133
198044
197911

Map of recent crashes in Fordham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Fordham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Fordham

The 24 most recent collisions in Fordham happened between 1 November 2018 and 10 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Fordham

The A142 has the most collisions in Fordham, 79 of 199 (40%), followed by the B1102 (79).

Collisions in Fordham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA14279116114
2ndB110279122220
3rdB10853400

Council area for Fordham

Fordham is in East Cambridgeshire, where police recorded 10,434 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Fordham accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode district for Fordham

All 199 collisions in Fordham were in the CB7 postcode district.