Accident hotspots in Exeter: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 222 road collisions in Exeter in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
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Road Risk Score
Exeter ranks 93 of 125 towns we score — band C, around average
25.2 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents, 113 vehicle crimes per 100,000, 55.4% of collisions involving someone outside a car, and a five-year trend of +17.5%. How the score works.
Vulnerable road users in Exeter (2025)
36 of Exeter's 222 collisions (16%) involved pedestrians; 50 of Exeter's 222 collisions (23%) involved cyclists; 37 of Exeter's 222 collisions (17%) involved motorcyclists. Together those collisions left 25 people killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Collisions | Share of all collisions | Killed or seriously injured | Serious-outcome rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 36 | 16% | 6 | 17% |
| Cyclists | 50 | 23% | 8 | 16% |
| Motorcyclists | 37 | 17% | 11 | 30% |
18 of Exeter’s collisions in 2025 involved a child casualty.
Exeter’s busiest collision clusters (2025)
Each circle is a ~100m cluster of police-reported collisions. Larger circles = more collisions; red = at least one death. Click a circle for details.
The short answer
Exeter recorded 222 police-reported collisions in 2025 — falling (-5.9% on 2024), or about 170 per 100,000 residents. Its most stubborn risk is Haven Road, St Thomas, a hotspot in 4 of the last 5 years.
222
Collisions in Exeter (2025)
271
People injured or killed
-5.9%
Change vs 2024
~240
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Exeter’s junctions that stay dangerous
These locations recorded multiple collisions in at least four of the last five years (2021–2025) — a persistent pattern, not a one-off bad year.
Haven Road, St Thomas
A377
9 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 13 casualties · 2 serious or fatal
Exeter’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ide Lane, Alphington | A377 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Polsloe Road, Polsloe | B3212 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | M5 | M5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Grace Road Central, Alphington | Local road | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Moor Lane, Digby | Local road | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What to do with this: if your regular routes cross the junctions above, they deserve extra care at peak times — these aren’t random locations, they’re where collisions repeat. For context, Exeter’s rate of 170 per 100,000 residents compares with an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track. A junction with a documented five-year history is also the strongest evidence a campaign can put in front of a councillor.
Vulnerable road users in Exeter in 2025: 36 collisions involved a pedestrian, 50 a cyclist and 37 a motorcyclist — overall, 169.5 collisions per 100,000 residents.
Area definition: figures cover 6km radius of the town centre. Per-100k rates use the mid-2023 ONS population estimate for the named town or district; where the area is radius-defined, treat the rate as indicative.
These figures come from the Department for Transport’s STATS19 dataset — every collision reported to the police in 2025 — clustered to roughly 100 metres and labelled via OpenStreetMap. Only police-reported incidents are included, so minor damage-only bumps are undercounted. See the full UK hotspots analysis for the national picture and methodology.
Need this cut a different way? A junction’s full history, cyclist or pedestrian casualties on their own, or a before-and-after on a scheme: we produce those, free for community groups, campaigners and journalists.
Exeter over 5 years
Collisions per year in Exeter
2025: 222 (down 5.9% on the year before) · peak 236 in 2024 · +17.5% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
2024 was Exeter’s worst year of the period with 236 collisions, against 189 in 2021. Of 2025’s 271 casualties, 33 were killed or seriously injured (4 deaths, 29 serious).
Build the Exeter story from this page
Every line below is computed from the official DfT STATS19 dataset and updates when new data is released — copy, check, publish. Free to use with a link to this page as the source.
- “Police recorded 222 road collisions in Exeter in 2025, injuring or killing 271 people (DfT STATS19).
- “2024 was Exeter's worst year of the last 5 (236 collisions, against 189 in 2021).
- “Exeter's collision rate is 170 per 100,000 residents, against an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track.
- “36 collisions involved pedestrians, 50 collisions involved cyclists, 37 collisions involved motorcyclists — with 25 of those people killed or seriously injured.
- “18 collisions in Exeter involved a child casualty in 2025.
Attribution: “Analysis by Swift Assist (swiftassistuk.co.uk) of DfT STATS19 data” with a link to this page. Methodology: how we process the data.
Exeter's roads are Devon's responsibility
Collisions above are counted for Exeter. The body that maintains those roads, sets the speed limits and decides which junctions get fixed is Devon — so that is the level at which the record can be compared with anywhere else in Britain.
Per mile driven
160 of 192
Per resident
145 of 188
Risk band
Below average
Five-year trend
up 7.9%
The full record for Devon — severity-adjusted casualties, the breakdown of who is being hurt, the darkness and ice profile, and a comparison against its ONS statistical neighbours rather than the national average — is on its own page.
Devon’s full road risk record →What actually changes the odds in Exeter
Data is only useful if it changes what you do. These three are picked from Exeter’s own figures above, each with the number that prompted it. Every guide explains how the thing works before it suggests buying anything, and most cost less than a third of a typical insurance excess.
Helmet camera
£50–£200
23% of collisions in Exeter involve someone on a bike. In a disputed pull-out, footage from the rider's viewpoint is what settles liability.
How it works →
Alarmed disc lock
£20–£50
Motorcyclists are in 17% of Exeter's collisions, and bikes are also lifted rather than ridden away. An alarmed disc lock covers the theft half for about £30.
How it works →
Dashcam (parking mode)
£50–£150
Collisions in Exeter are up 17% across the period. A dashcam with parking mode is the cheapest way to keep a disputed claim from becoming a 50/50 split.
How it works →
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