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Great Torrington road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 267 road traffic collisions in Great Torrington, Torridge, from 1979 to 2025, and 321 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 49 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
267
1,667th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
321
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
49
52 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Great Torrington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.9%
  • Serious4918%
  • Slight21380%

What the data shows

  • Great Torrington had 33 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 23% fewer than the 43 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Great Torrington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 51 children under 16 were killed or injured in Great Torrington, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Great Torrington.

Where Great Torrington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,667th
Most casualties
1,734th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,750th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday37 (14%)
  • Tuesday30 (11%)
  • Wednesday43 (16%)
  • Thursday45 (17%)
  • Friday46 (17%)
  • Saturday41 (15%)
  • Sunday25 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight212 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit47 (18%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway246 (92%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (4.5%)
  • Roundabout6 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph228 (85%)
  • 40 mph6 (2.2%)
  • 60 mph32 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds207 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds41 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Other4 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant140 (44%)
  • Pedestrian89 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist62 (19%)
  • Cyclist17 (5.3%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Great Torrington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Great Torrington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Great Torrington peaked at 15 in 1983; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202412
202311
202247
202135
202045
201922
201847
201768
201644
201544
201433
201333
201211
201155
201022
200945
2008710
200799
200655
2005912
200499
20031112
200244
20011010
2000710
199948
199878
199768
199655
199578
199456
1993512
199222
199111
199044
1989910
198867
198769
19861214
198588
198477
19831516
198256
19811114
19801214
197945

Map of recent crashes in Great Torrington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Great Torrington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Great Torrington

The 24 most recent collisions in Great Torrington happened between 23 August 2017 and 23 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Great Torrington

The A386 has the most collisions in Great Torrington, 103 of 267 (39%), followed by the B3227 (40).

Collisions in Great Torrington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA386103132325
2ndB3227404616
3rdB3232233304

Council area for Great Torrington

Great Torrington is in Torridge, where police recorded 7,169 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Great Torrington accounts for 3.7% of them.

Postcode district for Great Torrington

All 267 collisions in Great Torrington were in the EX38 postcode district.