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Heathfield (Teignbridge) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 152 road traffic collisions in Heathfield, Teignbridge, from 1979 to 2025, and 181 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 23 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
152
2,255th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
181
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
3 people killed
Serious collisions
23
25 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Heathfield

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.3%
  • Serious2315%
  • Slight12784%

What the data shows

  • Heathfield had 18 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 57% fewer than the 42 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Heathfield were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 15 children under 16 were killed or injured in Heathfield, 8.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Heathfield.

Where Heathfield ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,255th
Most casualties
2,409th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,610th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday26 (17%)
  • Tuesday28 (18%)
  • Wednesday25 (16%)
  • Thursday20 (13%)
  • Friday22 (14%)
  • Saturday20 (13%)
  • Sunday11 (7.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight125 (82%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (9.9%)
  • Dark, street lights lit11 (7.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway141 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (5.3%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph97 (64%)
  • 40 mph13 (8.6%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph32 (21%)
  • 70 mph9 (5.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds126 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.3%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other3 (2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant96 (53%)
  • Motorcyclist41 (23%)
  • Pedestrian15 (8.3%)
  • Cyclist10 (5.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (4.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.7%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Heathfield road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Heathfield, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Heathfield peaked at 7 in 2012; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202400
202311
202200
202111
202022
201923
201844
201722
201649
201522
201468
201355
201277
201155
201034
200923
200844
200756
200634
2005711
200455
200355
200235
200155
200066
199967
199844
199768
199644
199511
199455
199322
199211
199146
199055
198922
198833
198722
198625
198523
198446
198311
198222
198122
198000
197933

Map of recent crashes in Heathfield

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Heathfield

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Heathfield

The 24 most recent collisions in Heathfield happened between 18 February 2014 and 6 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Heathfield

The A382 has the most collisions in Heathfield, 29 of 152 (19%), followed by the A38 (14).

Collisions in Heathfield on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA382294103
2ndA38141910

Council area for Heathfield

Heathfield is in Teignbridge, where police recorded 17,454 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Heathfield accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Heathfield

All 152 collisions in Heathfield were in the TQ12 postcode district.