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Sawtry road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 144 road traffic collisions in Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, from 1980 to 2025, and 169 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 25 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
144
2,332nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
169
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
25
27 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sawtry

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal32.1%
  • Serious2517%
  • Slight11681%

What the data shows

  • Sawtry had 18 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 10% fewer than the 20 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Sawtry were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 43 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sawtry, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Sawtry.

Where Sawtry ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,332nd
Most casualties
2,509th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,540th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday18 (13%)
  • Tuesday26 (18%)
  • Wednesday26 (18%)
  • Thursday21 (15%)
  • Friday27 (19%)
  • Saturday16 (11%)
  • Sunday10 (6.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight103 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit37 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway123 (85%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (4.9%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (4.2%)
  • Roundabout6 (4.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph81 (56%)
  • 40 mph57 (40%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 70 mph5 (3.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds119 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds9 (6.3%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other3 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded7 (4.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant60 (36%)
  • Pedestrian40 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist34 (20%)
  • Cyclist27 (16%)
  • Van occupant5 (3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sawtry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sawtry, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Sawtry peaked at 9 in 1998; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202424
202311
202200
202133
202000
201911
201834
201722
201644
201522
201412
201300
201235
201111
201023
200922
200856
200711
200634
200500
200477
200333
200257
200123
200033
199956
1998910
199756
199634
199533
199444
199344
199245
1991911
199057
198946
198845
198766
198622
198522
198433
198377
198245
198122
198011

Map of recent crashes in Sawtry

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sawtry

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sawtry

The 24 most recent collisions in Sawtry happened between 1 February 2012 and 4 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sawtry

Of the 144 collisions in Sawtry, 5 were on the A1.

Collisions in Sawtry on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA15601

Council area for Sawtry

Sawtry is in Huntingdonshire, where police recorded 26,472 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sawtry accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Sawtry

All 144 collisions in Sawtry were in the PE28 postcode district.