Road crashes in East Cambridgeshire

5,217 recorded collisions since 2000.

East Cambridgeshire has recorded 5,217 road collisions since 2000, 177 of them fatal and 1,044 causing serious injury. That makes it the 298th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 23% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 33.9 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 58% since 2000, from 320 to 133 in 2024. The A142 is the most affected road locally, with 797 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.