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Okehampton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 485 road traffic collisions in Okehampton, West Devon, from 1979 to 2025, and 619 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 86 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
485
1,182nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
619
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
86
98 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Okehampton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.2%
  • Serious8618%
  • Slight39381%

What the data shows

  • Okehampton had 62 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 10% fewer than the 69 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Okehampton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 101 children under 16 were killed or injured in Okehampton, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 44% of collisions in Okehampton.

Where Okehampton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,182nd
Most casualties
1,175th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,248th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday69 (14%)
  • Tuesday56 (12%)
  • Wednesday77 (16%)
  • Thursday76 (16%)
  • Friday81 (17%)
  • Saturday75 (15%)
  • Sunday51 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight378 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit88 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (3.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway453 (93%)
  • One way street or slip road18 (3.7%)
  • Roundabout5 (1%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph365 (75%)
  • 40 mph51 (11%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph65 (13%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds353 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds78 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds19 (3.9%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other21 (4.3%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant292 (47%)
  • Pedestrian169 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist93 (15%)
  • Cyclist38 (6.1%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Okehampton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Okehampton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Okehampton peaked at 21 in 1985; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025711
202434
202367
202279
202158
202067
2019811
201855
201766
2016912
201577
2014611
201356
201246
2011813
2010910
20091013
2008510
2007913
2006610
20051214
200466
20031313
200278
20012025
20001112
1999711
19981212
199755
19961212
19951422
19941416
1993813
1992812
19911113
19901621
19891319
19882025
19872025
19861721
19852125
19841619
19831112
1982916
19812122
19801926
19791115

Map of recent crashes in Okehampton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Okehampton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Okehampton

The 24 most recent collisions in Okehampton happened between 4 November 2021 and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Okehampton

The B3260 has the most collisions in Okehampton, 137 of 485 (28%), followed by the A30 (109).

Collisions in Okehampton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3260137185223
2ndA30109135129
3rdB3215416132
4thB3217263209
5thA38671101

Council area for Okehampton

Okehampton is in West Devon, where police recorded 9,082 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Okehampton accounts for 5.3% of them.

Postcode district for Okehampton

All 485 collisions in Okehampton were in the EX20 postcode district.