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Kingsbridge road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 366 road traffic collisions in Kingsbridge, South Hams, from 1979 to 2025, and 429 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 69 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
366
1,377th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
429
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
69
73 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Kingsbridge

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.3%
  • Serious6919%
  • Slight29681%

What the data shows

  • Kingsbridge had 50 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 61 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Kingsbridge were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 61 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kingsbridge, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Kingsbridge.

Where Kingsbridge ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,377th
Most casualties
1,459th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,440th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday56 (15%)
  • Tuesday54 (15%)
  • Wednesday61 (17%)
  • Thursday48 (13%)
  • Friday67 (18%)
  • Saturday43 (12%)
  • Sunday37 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight296 (81%)
  • Dark, street lights lit52 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (3.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway282 (77%)
  • One way street or slip road63 (17%)
  • Roundabout10 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph324 (89%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph32 (8.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds298 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds48 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.8%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other6 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant181 (42%)
  • Pedestrian145 (34%)
  • Motorcyclist69 (16%)
  • Cyclist26 (6.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kingsbridge road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kingsbridge, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Kingsbridge peaked at 16 in 1995; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202422
202356
2022911
202111
202046
201944
20181215
201755
201644
201533
201477
201344
201234
201156
201055
200977
200877
2007811
20061216
200578
20041419
2003710
200288
2001812
20001111
199978
1998810
199759
19961012
19951617
199477
19931314
199245
199189
19901216
19891517
198866
19871319
19861415
198589
198445
198366
19821011
19811113
19801313
19791012

Map of recent crashes in Kingsbridge

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kingsbridge

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kingsbridge

The 24 most recent collisions in Kingsbridge happened between 31 January 2020 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kingsbridge

The A379 has the most collisions in Kingsbridge, 126 of 366 (34%), followed by the A381 (64).

Collisions in Kingsbridge on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA379126155029
2ndA3816473014
3rdB31946801

Council area for Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge is in the South Hams, where police recorded 12,165 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kingsbridge accounts for 3% of them.

Postcode district for Kingsbridge

All 366 collisions in Kingsbridge were in the TQ7 postcode district.