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Thorney road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 104 road traffic collisions in Thorney, Peterborough, from 1979 to 2025, and 152 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 23 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
104
2,770th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
152
1.46 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
23
29 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Thorney

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.9%
  • Serious2322%
  • Slight7875%

What the data shows

  • 25% of collisions in Thorney were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 15 children under 16 were killed or injured in Thorney, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Thorney.

Where Thorney ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,770th
Most casualties
2,655th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,610th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday11 (11%)
  • Tuesday22 (21%)
  • Wednesday15 (14%)
  • Thursday11 (11%)
  • Friday14 (13%)
  • Saturday19 (18%)
  • Sunday12 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight83 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit20 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway97 (93%)
  • Roundabout6 (5.8%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (1%)
  • 30 mph97 (93%)
  • 60 mph6 (5.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds86 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.9%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.9%)
  • Other1 (1%)
  • Not recorded1 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant112 (74%)
  • Pedestrian16 (11%)
  • Cyclist8 (5.3%)
  • Motorcyclist7 (4.6%)
  • Van occupant7 (4.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Thorney road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Thorney, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Thorney peaked at 12 in 1991; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202425
202323
202200
202100
202011
201911
201800
201722
201600
201500
201400
201333
201211
201100
201000
200911
200800
200711
200622
200537
2004912
200333
200211
200111
200011
199900
1998410
199767
199649
199545
199446
199335
199234
19911220
199022
198946
198833
198712
198600
1985510
198411
198333
198211
198133
198025
197933

Map of recent crashes in Thorney

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Thorney

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Thorney

The 24 most recent collisions in Thorney happened between 14 August 2004 and 30 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Thorney

The A47 has the most collisions in Thorney, 74 of 104 (71%), followed by the B1040 (13).

Collisions in Thorney on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4774117218
2ndB1040131403
3rdB1167101302

Council area for Thorney

Thorney is in Peterborough, where police recorded 32,709 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Thorney accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Thorney

All 104 collisions in Thorney were in the PE6 postcode district.