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Soham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 439 road traffic collisions in Soham, East Cambridgeshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 543 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 99 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
439
1,251st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
543
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
9 people killed
Serious collisions
99
106 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Soham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.8%
  • Serious9923%
  • Slight33276%

What the data shows

  • Soham had 80 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 7% fewer than the 86 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Soham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 101 children under 16 were killed or injured in Soham, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Soham.

Where Soham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,251st
Most casualties
1,263rd
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,154th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday61 (14%)
  • Tuesday74 (17%)
  • Wednesday55 (13%)
  • Thursday69 (16%)
  • Friday72 (16%)
  • Saturday64 (15%)
  • Sunday44 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight312 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit104 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown12 (2.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway402 (92%)
  • Roundabout29 (6.6%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.7%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (2.3%)
  • 30 mph352 (80%)
  • 40 mph24 (5.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph52 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds351 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds45 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other8 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded12 (2.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant250 (46%)
  • Cyclist108 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist91 (17%)
  • Pedestrian71 (13%)
  • Van occupant11 (2%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Soham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Soham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Soham peaked at 18 in 1981; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
2024812
202399
2022911
202156
202055
2019812
20181011
20171012
20161213
201556
201433
201356
201289
20111013
20101420
200999
200899
20071217
20061117
20051518
20041012
20031221
20021520
20011621
20001011
199978
1998810
19971113
19961722
19951215
19941516
199379
19921114
1991712
19901216
198968
1988912
198777
198677
198588
198467
198366
198255
19811819
1980711
1979911

Map of recent crashes in Soham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Soham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Soham

The 24 most recent collisions in Soham happened between 13 June 2022 and 5 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Soham

Of the 439 collisions in Soham, 62 were on the A142.

Collisions in Soham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1426293416

Council area for Soham

Soham is in East Cambridgeshire, where police recorded 10,434 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Soham accounts for 4.2% of them.

Postcode district for Soham

All 439 collisions in Soham were in the CB7 postcode district.