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March road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
1,743
500th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,065
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
19
19 people killed
Serious collisions
251
274 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
19 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
17
Down 23% on 2024

Road collision statistics for March

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal191.1%
  • Serious25114%
  • Slight1,47385%

What the data shows

  • March had 211 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 335 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in March were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 374 children under 16 were killed or injured in March, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in March.

Where March ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
500th
Most casualties
521st
Most fatal collisions
518th
Most serious collisions
591st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday237 (14%)
  • Tuesday257 (15%)
  • Wednesday262 (15%)
  • Thursday245 (14%)
  • Friday311 (18%)
  • Saturday247 (14%)
  • Sunday184 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,291 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit409 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown19 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit13 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,581 (91%)
  • Roundabout62 (3.6%)
  • Dual carriageway49 (2.8%)
  • One way street or slip road39 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded12 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph1,567 (90%)
  • 40 mph110 (6.3%)
  • 50 mph13 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph49 (2.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,349 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds193 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds54 (3.1%)
  • Raining with high winds24 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist13 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.5%)
  • Other53 (3%)
  • Not recorded49 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant815 (39%)
  • Cyclist580 (28%)
  • Pedestrian342 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist247 (12%)
  • Van occupant26 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant14 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant12 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.5%)
  • Mobility scooter rider5 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

March road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in March, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in March peaked at 58 in 1990; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251217
20241922
20232227
20221721
20212330
20202029
20192124
20182734
20172834
20162226
20152430
20142830
20133034
20123035
20113042
20104249
20093437
20083643
20074450
20063746
20054756
20044350
20034862
20024347
20014347
20004961
19993741
19984350
19975674
19965065
19955162
19945256
19935161
19925369
19915162
19905870
19894650
19885875
19874548
19864044
19855459
19844753
19834552
19823536
198188
198078
19793739

Map of recent crashes in March

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in March

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in March

The 24 most recent collisions in March happened between 8 August 2024 and 26 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in March

The B1101 has the most collisions in March, 761 of 1,743 (44%), followed by the B1099 (310).

Collisions in March on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB11017618698112
2ndB1099310383637
3rdA1418010119
4thA110171202
5thB10983300

Council area for March

March is in Fenland, where police recorded 13,566 collisions from 1979 to 2025. March accounts for 13% of them.

Postcode district for March

All 1,743 collisions in March were in the PE15 postcode district.