Road crashes in Mid Devon

4,223 recorded collisions since 2000.

Mid Devon has recorded 4,223 road collisions since 2000, 97 of them fatal and 599 causing serious injury. That makes it the 321st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 16% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 23 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 42% since 2000, from 209 to 121 in 2024. The A377 is the most affected road locally, with 495 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.