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Road collisions in Epsom and Ewell

Police recorded 659 road collisions involving injury in Epsom and Ewell between 2021 and 2025, about 132 a year. 5 of them were fatal, and an estimated 166 involved serious injury once DfT's severity adjustment is applied. These are reported injury collisions only: damage-only incidents and unreported injuries are not included.

659reported collisions, 2021 to 2025
132a year on average
5fatal
166serious (estimated)
781casualties

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When collisions happen

The busiest hour was 5pm to 6pm, and 32% of collisions happened between 3pm and 7pm (fewer than the 32% across Great Britain). Wednesday had the most collisions, and 25% happened at weekends.

00: 12 00 01: 12 02: 3 03: 6 03 04: 3 05: 5 06: 9 06 07: 24 08: 43 09: 38 09 10: 42 11: 26 12: 35 12 13: 29 14: 28 15: 37 15 16: 50 17: 70 18: 53 18 19: 47 20: 27 21: 22 21 22: 22 23: 16
Collisions by hour of day (00 = midnight to 1am)
Sun: 72 72 Sun Mon: 86 86 Mon Tue: 94 94 Tue Wed: 112 112 Wed Thu: 90 90 Thu Fri: 109 109 Fri Sat: 96 96 Sat
Collisions by day of week

Trend over time

Reported collisions went from 133 in 2021 to 127 in 2025, a fall of 5%. Counts are affected by traffic levels, population and changes in how police record injuries, so Epsom and Ewell should not be ranked against other areas on these numbers alone.

2021: 133 133 2021 2022: 125 125 2022 2023: 160 160 2023 2024: 114 114 2024 2025: 127 127 2025
Reported collisions per year

Who is affected

Across Epsom and Ewell, 781 people were injured or killed in these collisions. Pedestrians were 16% of casualties (14% across Great Britain), pedal cyclists 13% (12%) and motorcyclists 18% (12%). Car and taxi occupants made up 48%. 2 of the pedestrians were killed.

Children aged 0 to 15 were 7% of casualties, lower than the 9% national share. People aged 16 to 25 were 22% (21% nationally), and people over 65 were 12% (10% nationally).

Road userCasualtiesShare in Epsom and EwellShare across GB
Pedestrians12616.1%14.5%
Pedal cyclists10513.4%11.9%
Motorcyclists13917.8%12.4%
Car and taxi occupants37648.1%54.4%
Bus and minibus occupants70.9%1.8%
Van and goods vehicle occupants192.4%3.5%
Other road users91.2%1.6%

Casualties by age

AgeCasualtiesShare in Epsom and EwellShare across GB
0 to 5162.1%1.6%
6 to 10131.7%2.6%
11 to 15233.0%4.8%
16 to 209312.0%10.6%
21 to 257810.0%11.0%
26 to 3514718.9%20.8%
36 to 4513116.8%15.8%
46 to 5510313.2%12.8%
56 to 658310.7%10.1%
66 to 75405.1%5.3%
Over 75516.6%4.5%

Vehicles involved

18.4% of collisions involved a pedestrian casualty (17.7% nationally), 15.6% a cyclist (15.0%) and 20.8% a motorcyclist (15.3%). 2.7% involved a goods vehicle (3.9% nationally) and 19.9% involved a driver aged 17 to 24 (21.1%). 4 collisions involved an e-scooter.

VehicleVehiclesShare in Epsom and EwellShare across GB
Cars and taxis84470.0%69.7%
Vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)594.9%6.4%
Heavy goods vehicles181.5%2.3%
Motorcycles14912.4%9.3%
Pedal cycles1109.1%8.7%
Buses and minibuses90.7%1.8%
Other vehicles171.4%1.8%

Collision hotspots in Epsom and Ewell

These are the 100 metre squares with the most reported collisions in 2021 to 2025. Location is the average position of the collisions in each square, so treat it as approximate.

#Main roadJunction typeCollisionsFatalMap
1 A24 Crossroads 15 0 View on map
2 A232 Not at a junction 9 0 View on map
3 A240 T or staggered junction 9 0 View on map
4 B284 Roundabout 8 0 View on map
5 A24 Crossroads 8 0 View on map
6 A240 Roundabout 8 0 View on map
7 A240 T or staggered junction 8 0 View on map
8 A2022 Not at a junction 8 0 View on map
9 B289 T or staggered junction 7 0 View on map
10 B284 Not at a junction 7 0 View on map
11 A24 Crossroads 7 0 View on map
12 A24 Not at a junction 7 0 View on map
13 A24 Not at a junction 7 0 View on map
14 A232 Not at a junction 6 0 View on map
15 A240 Roundabout 6 0 View on map
16 B280 T or staggered junction 5 0 View on map
17 A240 Not at a junction 5 0 View on map
18 Unnumbered road Crossroads 5 0 View on map
19 A24 T or staggered junction 5 0 View on map
20 A24 Roundabout 5 0 View on map
21 A24 Not at a junction 5 0 View on map
22 A24 Not at a junction 5 0 View on map
23 A24 Not at a junction 5 0 View on map
24 A24 Crossroads 4 0 View on map
25 B284 Not at a junction 4 0 View on map

Numbered roads with the most collisions

81% of collisions happened on roads with a 30 mph limit or lower (69% nationally), and 0% on roads with a 60 or 70 mph limit (18% nationally). 50% were at or within 20 metres of a junction or roundabout, lower than the national 54%.

RoadCollisionsFatalSerious (est.)
A24 131 2 33
B284 71 1 14
A240 55 0 13
B2200 38 0 13
A232 22 0 4
B280 19 0 3
B290 19 1 4
A2022 16 0 4
B289 7 0 1
B288 6 0 2
A1 5 0 1
B1 5 0 1
B2221 2 0 0
B7 1 0 0

Collisions on unnumbered local streets are not listed here. Use the postcode search to see them.

Conditions

32% of collisions in Epsom and Ewell happened in darkness, higher than the 28% across Great Britain. 88% happened on roads classed as urban, higher than the national 67%.

Type of road

Type of roadCollisionsShare in Epsom and EwellShare across GB
Motorway 0 0.0% 3.0%
A(M) road 0 0.0% 0.2%
A road 229 34.7% 44.0%
B road 168 25.5% 12.5%
C road 0 0.0% 4.4%
Unclassified road 262 39.8% 35.9%

Speed limit

Speed limitCollisionsShare in Epsom and EwellShare across GB
20 mph 32 4.9% 17.1%
30 mph 500 75.9% 52.0%
40 mph 124 18.8% 8.7%
50 mph 2 0.3% 4.4%
60 mph 1 0.2% 12.2%
70 mph 0 0.0% 5.5%

Junctions

JunctionsCollisionsShare in Epsom and EwellShare across GB
Not at a junction 326 50.4% 45.9%
T or staggered junction 150 23.2% 28.5%
Crossroads 58 9.0% 9.5%
Junction with more than four arms 10 1.5% 1.6%
Private drive or entrance 8 1.2% 2.2%
Other junction 46 7.1% 6.1%
Roundabout 49 7.6% 6.2%

Light conditions

Light conditionsCollisionsShare in Epsom and EwellShare across GB
Daylight 448 68.0% 71.7%
Darkness, street lights lit 184 27.9% 20.6%
Darkness, street lights unlit 5 0.8% 0.7%
Darkness, no street lighting 14 2.1% 5.3%
Darkness, lighting unknown 8 1.2% 1.7%

Urban or rural

Urban or ruralCollisionsShare in Epsom and EwellShare across GB
Urban 582 88.3% 67.2%
Rural 77 11.7% 32.8%

About these figures

Only collisions involving injury that were reported to the police are counted. The figures are not adjusted for traffic volume or population, so they should not be used to rank areas against each other. Serious and slight splits use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment. Full explanation.