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Somersham (Huntingdonshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 127 road traffic collisions in Somersham, Huntingdonshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 158 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 35 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 9 August 2023.

Collisions since 1979
127
2,505th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
158
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
35
40 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
9 Aug 2023
Busiest year
1997
7 collisions

Road collision statistics for Somersham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.6%
  • Serious3528%
  • Slight9071%

What the data shows

  • Somersham had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 28 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in Somersham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 34 children under 16 were killed or injured in Somersham, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Somersham.

Where Somersham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,505th
Most casualties
2,603rd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,148th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday23 (18%)
  • Tuesday14 (11%)
  • Wednesday15 (12%)
  • Thursday22 (17%)
  • Friday20 (16%)
  • Saturday23 (18%)
  • Sunday10 (7.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight95 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit21 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (5.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (2.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway127 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph96 (76%)
  • 40 mph11 (8.7%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph19 (15%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds102 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds12 (9.4%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other6 (4.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant88 (56%)
  • Pedestrian23 (15%)
  • Cyclist21 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist19 (12%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (2.5%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Somersham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Somersham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Somersham peaked at 7 in 1997; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202347
202200
202135
202000
201911
201836
201711
201633
201535
201411
201311
201211
201156
201034
200944
200845
200735
200634
200512
200445
200322
200223
200133
200022
199955
199857
199778
199646
199566
199422
199356
199211
199134
199055
198956
198833
198767
198646
198523
198400
198355
198200
198100
198011
197911

Map of recent crashes in Somersham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Somersham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Somersham

The 24 most recent collisions in Somersham happened between 6 August 2011 and 9 August 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Somersham

The B1086 has the most collisions in Somersham, 59 of 127 (46%), followed by the B1050 (28).

Collisions in Somersham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB10865972219
2ndB1050283809
3rdB10894401

Council area for Somersham

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

Postcode district for Somersham

All 127 collisions in Somersham were in the PE28 postcode district.