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Ilfracombe road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 642 road traffic collisions in Ilfracombe, North Devon, from 1979 to 2025, and 742 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 126 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
642
996th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
742
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
126
131 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ilfracombe

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.5%
  • Serious12620%
  • Slight51380%

What the data shows

  • Ilfracombe had 66 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 102 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Ilfracombe were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 149 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ilfracombe, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Ilfracombe.

Where Ilfracombe ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
996th
Most casualties
1,061st
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
972nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday89 (14%)
  • Tuesday103 (16%)
  • Wednesday94 (15%)
  • Thursday104 (16%)
  • Friday100 (16%)
  • Saturday81 (13%)
  • Sunday71 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight512 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit116 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway608 (95%)
  • One way street or slip road24 (3.7%)
  • Roundabout4 (0.6%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph591 (92%)
  • 40 mph3 (0.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph40 (6.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds508 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds82 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds20 (3.1%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (2.5%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.5%)
  • Other7 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian300 (40%)
  • Car occupant243 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist139 (19%)
  • Cyclist44 (5.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Van occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ilfracombe road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ilfracombe, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ilfracombe peaked at 28 in 1987; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202479
202355
202246
202177
202055
201989
20181216
201789
201667
201557
20141215
20131011
201244
20111013
201068
2009910
20081921
20071821
2006911
20052323
20041216
20031517
20022125
200188
20001314
19991618
19981717
19971012
19961416
19951718
19941214
19932731
19921114
19911719
19901922
19892024
19882125
19872830
19862425
19852728
19841925
19831418
19822226
19811316
19801821
19791621

Map of recent crashes in Ilfracombe

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ilfracombe

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ilfracombe

The 24 most recent collisions in Ilfracombe happened between 2 September 2021 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ilfracombe

The A361 has the most collisions in Ilfracombe, 196 of 642 (31%), followed by the A399 (61).

Collisions in Ilfracombe on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA361196222041
2ndA399617209
3rdB3231141703
4thB32305900

Council area for Ilfracombe

Ilfracombe is in North Devon, where police recorded 13,076 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ilfracombe accounts for 4.9% of them.

Postcode district for Ilfracombe

All 642 collisions in Ilfracombe were in the EX34 postcode district.