Road crashes in North Devon

6,191 recorded collisions since 2000.

North Devon has recorded 6,191 road collisions since 2000, 104 of them fatal and 905 causing serious injury. That makes it the 260th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 16% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 16.8 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 44% since 2000, from 295 to 165 in 2024. The A361 is the most affected road locally, with 1,111 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.