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Topsham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 247 road traffic collisions in Topsham, Exeter, from 1979 to 2025, and 297 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 49 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
247
1,743rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
297
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
49
52 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Topsham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.6%
  • Serious4920%
  • Slight19479%

What the data shows

  • Topsham had 43 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 42 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Topsham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 37 children under 16 were killed or injured in Topsham, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Topsham.

Where Topsham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,743rd
Most casualties
1,825th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,750th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (13%)
  • Tuesday40 (16%)
  • Wednesday34 (14%)
  • Thursday45 (18%)
  • Friday32 (13%)
  • Saturday41 (17%)
  • Sunday24 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight212 (86%)
  • Dark, street lights lit28 (11%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway233 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (2%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (2%)
  • Roundabout4 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (3.2%)
  • 30 mph203 (82%)
  • 40 mph18 (7.3%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph13 (5.3%)
  • 70 mph3 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds212 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (9.3%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.4%)
  • Other2 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant118 (40%)
  • Cyclist62 (21%)
  • Pedestrian60 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist43 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.3%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Topsham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Topsham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Topsham peaked at 11 in 1983; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202588
202455
202334
202211
202111
202055
201933
201856
201777
201657
201544
201413
201333
201211
201157
201089
2009711
200878
200744
200622
200556
200455
200378
2002811
2001912
2000811
199967
199844
199733
199678
199568
199444
199322
199257
199155
1990711
1989910
198856
198746
198677
198555
198444
19831114
1982810
198177
19801014
197913

Map of recent crashes in Topsham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Topsham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Topsham

The 24 most recent collisions in Topsham happened between 25 September 2019 and 13 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Topsham

The B3182 has the most collisions in Topsham, 9 of 247 (3.6%), followed by the M5 (4).

Collisions in Topsham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB318291100
2ndM54701

Council area for Topsham

Topsham is in Exeter, where police recorded 16,010 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Topsham accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Topsham

Collisions in Topsham were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by EX3 (214) and EX2 (33).