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Sutton (East Cambridgeshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 142 road traffic collisions in Sutton, East Cambridgeshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 187 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 30 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
142
2,351st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
187
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
30
37 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sutton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.4%
  • Serious3021%
  • Slight11077%

What the data shows

  • Sutton had 29 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% more than the 22 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Sutton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 24 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sutton, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Sutton.

Where Sutton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,351st
Most casualties
2,354th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,329th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday24 (17%)
  • Tuesday17 (12%)
  • Wednesday18 (13%)
  • Thursday17 (12%)
  • Friday30 (21%)
  • Saturday19 (13%)
  • Sunday17 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight95 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit40 (28%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (2.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway109 (77%)
  • Roundabout28 (20%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded3 (2.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph89 (63%)
  • 40 mph4 (2.8%)
  • 60 mph49 (35%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds106 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds12 (8.5%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (3.5%)
  • Fog or mist4 (2.8%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.1%)
  • Other7 (4.9%)
  • Not recorded5 (3.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant120 (64%)
  • Pedestrian24 (13%)
  • Cyclist16 (8.6%)
  • Motorcyclist15 (8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sutton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sutton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sutton peaked at 7 in 1992; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202447
202355
202212
202111
202033
201946
201835
201744
201645
201536
201411
201345
201211
201122
201022
200922
200811
200733
200634
2005510
200433
200345
200245
200157
200011
199935
199844
199722
199634
199544
199433
199323
1992710
199144
199056
198935
198822
198749
198611
198556
198448
198333
198235
198111
198022
197944

Map of recent crashes in Sutton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sutton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sutton

The 24 most recent collisions in Sutton happened between 27 January 2017 and 27 November 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sutton

The B1381 has the most collisions in Sutton, 68 of 142 (48%), followed by the A142 (48).

Collisions in Sutton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB13816887112
2ndA1424870114

Council area for Sutton

Sutton is in East Cambridgeshire, where police recorded 10,434 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sutton accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode district for Sutton

All 142 collisions in Sutton were in the CB6 postcode district.