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Holsworthy road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 182 road traffic collisions in Holsworthy, Torridge, from 1979 to 2025, and 221 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 29 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
182
2,055th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
221
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
29
32 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Holsworthy

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.6%
  • Serious2916%
  • Slight15082%

What the data shows

  • Holsworthy had 32 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 39 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Holsworthy were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 22 children under 16 were killed or injured in Holsworthy, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 48% of collisions in Holsworthy.

Where Holsworthy ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,055th
Most casualties
2,147th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,370th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (15%)
  • Tuesday22 (12%)
  • Wednesday33 (18%)
  • Thursday27 (15%)
  • Friday29 (16%)
  • Saturday25 (14%)
  • Sunday19 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight141 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit30 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (4.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway154 (85%)
  • Roundabout19 (10%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (2.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph148 (81%)
  • 60 mph34 (19%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds126 (69%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (18%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (4.9%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other2 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded8 (4.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant116 (52%)
  • Motorcyclist45 (20%)
  • Pedestrian45 (20%)
  • Cyclist7 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant6 (2.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Holsworthy road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Holsworthy, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Holsworthy peaked at 8 in 2003; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202433
202368
202233
202123
202033
201923
201856
201748
201644
201557
201446
201366
201266
201100
201037
200922
200833
200767
200646
200577
200457
200389
200255
200156
200026
199911
199856
199757
199666
199533
199444
199333
199233
199133
199055
198911
198822
198768
198634
198544
198457
198389
1982810
198111
198000
197933

Map of recent crashes in Holsworthy

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Holsworthy

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Holsworthy

The 24 most recent collisions in Holsworthy happened between 22 August 2018 and 5 March 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Holsworthy

The A388 has the most collisions in Holsworthy, 78 of 182 (43%), followed by the A3072 (37).

Collisions in Holsworthy on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3887895014
2ndA3072375218

Council area for Holsworthy

Holsworthy is in Torridge, where police recorded 7,169 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Holsworthy accounts for 2.5% of them.

Postcode district for Holsworthy

All 182 collisions in Holsworthy were in the EX22 postcode district.