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Sawston road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 375 road traffic collisions in Sawston, South Cambridgeshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 446 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 77 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
375
1,362nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
446
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
77
80 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sawston

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.3%
  • Serious7721%
  • Slight29378%

What the data shows

  • Sawston had 38 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 58 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Sawston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 74 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sawston, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Sawston.

Where Sawston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,362nd
Most casualties
1,425th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,342nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday53 (14%)
  • Tuesday52 (14%)
  • Wednesday60 (16%)
  • Thursday48 (13%)
  • Friday81 (22%)
  • Saturday52 (14%)
  • Sunday29 (7.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight263 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit94 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (1.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway360 (96%)
  • Roundabout8 (2.1%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph16 (4.3%)
  • 30 mph345 (92%)
  • 40 mph5 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph9 (2.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds301 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds32 (8.5%)
  • Fog or mist7 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other11 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded11 (2.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant166 (37%)
  • Cyclist108 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist86 (19%)
  • Pedestrian77 (17%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sawston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sawston, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sawston peaked at 17 in 1998; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202547
202435
202368
202222
202111
202011
201944
201855
201766
201667
201523
201466
201322
201279
201159
201077
200977
200833
2007810
20061114
20051419
200422
200389
20021313
20011212
2000810
1999910
19981719
19971013
19961418
19951117
199456
199333
19921318
19911415
19901416
198988
19881013
198777
19861313
19851112
19841115
19831216
198278
19811317
19801111
1979910

Map of recent crashes in Sawston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sawston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sawston

The 24 most recent collisions in Sawston happened between 19 September 2018 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sawston

Of the 375 collisions in Sawston, 5 were on the A1301.

Collisions in Sawston on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA13015610

Council area for Sawston

Sawston is in South Cambridgeshire, where police recorded 23,384 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sawston accounts for 1.6% of them.

Postcode district for Sawston

All 375 collisions in Sawston were in the CB22 postcode district.