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Ottery St Mary road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 276 road traffic collisions in Ottery St Mary, East Devon, from 1979 to 2025, and 319 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 64 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
276
1,634th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
319
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
64
66 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ottery St Mary

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious6423%
  • Slight21277%

What the data shows

  • Ottery St Mary had 39 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 55 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Ottery St Mary were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 49 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ottery St Mary, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Ottery St Mary.

Where Ottery St Mary ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,634th
Most casualties
1,739th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
1,515th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday41 (15%)
  • Tuesday38 (14%)
  • Wednesday33 (12%)
  • Thursday45 (16%)
  • Friday38 (14%)
  • Saturday47 (17%)
  • Sunday34 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight231 (84%)
  • Dark, street lights lit34 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (2.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway234 (85%)
  • One way street or slip road35 (13%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (2.2%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph237 (86%)
  • 40 mph3 (1.1%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph29 (11%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds229 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds30 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.4%)
  • Other2 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded8 (2.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant112 (35%)
  • Pedestrian94 (29%)
  • Motorcyclist67 (21%)
  • Cyclist39 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ottery St Mary road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ottery St Mary, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ottery St Mary peaked at 13 in 2000; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202422
202333
202200
202156
202022
201977
201889
201744
201645
2015810
201467
201344
201278
201134
201011
200988
200834
200777
200688
200534
200468
2003912
200223
2001912
20001318
1999810
199866
1997710
199669
199556
1994910
199344
199233
199166
19901212
19891315
1988910
198755
198667
19851111
198445
198366
198289
198133
198057
197944

Map of recent crashes in Ottery St Mary

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ottery St Mary

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ottery St Mary

The 24 most recent collisions in Ottery St Mary happened between 22 December 2018 and 18 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ottery St Mary

The B3174 has the most collisions in Ottery St Mary, 93 of 276 (34%), followed by the B3177 (35).

Collisions in Ottery St Mary on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB317493107026
2ndB31773546010
3rdB3176192105

Council area for Ottery St Mary

Ottery St Mary is in East Devon, where police recorded 18,437 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ottery St Mary accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Ottery St Mary

All 276 collisions in Ottery St Mary were in the EX11 postcode district.