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Melbourn road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 196 road traffic collisions in Melbourn, South Cambridgeshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 260 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 55 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
196
1,973rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
260
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
9 people killed
Serious collisions
55
62 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Melbourn

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52.6%
  • Serious5528%
  • Slight13669%

What the data shows

  • Melbourn had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 20% fewer than the 25 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in Melbourn were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 45 children under 16 were killed or injured in Melbourn, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Melbourn.

Where Melbourn ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,973rd
Most casualties
1,958th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,641st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday24 (12%)
  • Tuesday30 (15%)
  • Wednesday24 (12%)
  • Thursday32 (16%)
  • Friday31 (16%)
  • Saturday35 (18%)
  • Sunday20 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight146 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit37 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (3.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (2.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway191 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.5%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph170 (87%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph24 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds158 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (2.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other8 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant131 (50%)
  • Pedestrian44 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist42 (16%)
  • Cyclist41 (16%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Melbourn road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Melbourn, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Melbourn peaked at 12 in 1998; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202424
202348
202223
202134
202012
201925
201833
201711
201611
201522
201455
201313
201247
201133
201011
200922
200811
200733
200633
200534
200468
2003712
200235
200134
2000710
199957
19981216
1997912
199645
199545
199479
199378
199255
199144
199045
198979
198845
198756
1986810
1985811
19841011
198333
198233
1981512
198011
197978

Map of recent crashes in Melbourn

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Melbourn

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Melbourn

The 24 most recent collisions in Melbourn happened between 12 July 2014 and 10 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Melbourn

Of the 196 collisions in Melbourn, 50 were on the A10.

Collisions in Melbourn on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA105082218

Council area for Melbourn

Melbourn is in South Cambridgeshire, where police recorded 23,384 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Melbourn accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Melbourn

All 196 collisions in Melbourn were in the SG8 postcode district.