Road crashes in South Hams

5,790 recorded collisions since 2000.

South Hams has recorded 5,790 road collisions since 2000, 84 of them fatal and 797 causing serious injury. That makes it the 273rd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 14.5 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 54% since 2000, from 319 to 146 in 2024. The A38 is the most affected road locally, with 818 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.