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Whittlesey road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 945 road traffic collisions in Whittlesey, Fenland, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,158 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 149 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
945
785th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,158
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
149
158 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
18
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Whittlesey

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal80.8%
  • Serious14916%
  • Slight78883%

What the data shows

  • Whittlesey had 94 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 189 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Whittlesey were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 189 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whittlesey, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Whittlesey.

Where Whittlesey ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
785th
Most casualties
806th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
867th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday133 (14%)
  • Tuesday120 (13%)
  • Wednesday137 (14%)
  • Thursday132 (14%)
  • Friday157 (17%)
  • Saturday144 (15%)
  • Sunday122 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight691 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit224 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway826 (87%)
  • Roundabout105 (11%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded11 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph5 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph808 (86%)
  • 40 mph82 (8.7%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph48 (5.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds730 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds91 (9.6%)
  • Fine with high winds25 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist10 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other34 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded31 (3.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant554 (48%)
  • Cyclist227 (20%)
  • Pedestrian173 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist151 (13%)
  • Van occupant21 (1.8%)
  • Minibus occupant16 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whittlesey road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whittlesey, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Whittlesey peaked at 35 in 1992; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251318
20241111
2023810
2022810
202147
202079
20191014
201888
20171213
20161317
20151113
20141215
20131114
20122026
20112232
20101422
20092430
20081522
20072731
20063340
20052123
20042226
20032327
20022629
20013240
20003138
19992528
19982124
19972632
19961925
19952731
19943036
19933439
19923551
19912730
19903240
19892937
19883235
19872631
19862325
19853339
19841724
19832935
19821419
198133
198079
19791820

Map of recent crashes in Whittlesey

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whittlesey

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whittlesey

The 24 most recent collisions in Whittlesey happened between 19 January 2024 and 4 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whittlesey

The A605 has the most collisions in Whittlesey, 426 of 945 (45%), followed by the B1040 (103).

Collisions in Whittlesey on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA605426541571
2ndB1040103136013
3rdB10936889011

Council area for Whittlesey

Whittlesey is in Fenland, where police recorded 13,566 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whittlesey accounts for 6.9% of them.

Postcode district for Whittlesey

All 945 collisions in Whittlesey were in the PE7 postcode district.