Police logged 3,408 collisions across Cayman in 2025—up 5%—but only six were fatal. Speeding and alcohol still drive most serious harm, as enforcement fell.
Road collisions kept coming in 2025, even as fatalities dropped.
Police in the Cayman Islands recorded 3,408 road collisions last year across the three islands, 151 more than in 2024.. The increase translates to a 5% rise in crashes, but the toll on lives was lower: only six crashes were fatal in 2025, down from eleven fatal crashes the year before, when 14 people were killed.. Injuries told a more complicated story—27 people were seriously hurt and more than 300 sustained minor injuries.
The picture emerging from the 2025 Crime and Traffic Statistical Report is one of stubborn risk. There is “no let-up,” as Police Commissioner Kurt Walton described the pattern during a Wednesday press conference, pointing to underlying pressures on day-to-day road safety enforcement.
A central issue was capacity.. Walton said the Traffic and Roads Policing Unit currently has 15 officers, while he argued the ideal number would be closer to 30.. With an average of nine crashes a day and 65 crashes a week, the enforcement gap becomes easier to understand, and last year’s enforcement activity fell by 33%.. Even so, police still handled 6,877 traffic infractions, a drop of 12% from 2024—an indication that fewer resources were matched by fewer recorded enforcement actions.
The report also shows where the danger concentrates.. Speeding topped the list of offences, with 2,162 speeding-related summonses.. More than 60% of drivers caught were travelling over the limit by at least 15mph, a threshold that often turns routine mistakes into life-changing collisions.. DUI charges were also part of the broader risk profile: police charged 277 people for driving under the influence in 2025, down 1% from the previous year.. Of those charged, 65% were found to be double the legal limit (the limit is now 0.070mg/l), and 25% were three times or more above it.
Misryoum understands what these figures mean on the ground: the reduced number of deaths does not automatically mean roads are getting safer in day-to-day practice.. Serious and minor injuries can still strain families, employers, and medical services, and they often signal that the collision ecosystem—speed, alcohol, and enforcement—has not been fully brought under control.
There is, however, a tangible example of what targeted changes can do.. Working with the National Roads Authority (NRA), police helped see traffic dividers installed along the ‘Spotts Straight’ section of Shamrock Road.. That stretch has long had a reputation for danger.. In 2024, six people were killed there, but last year there were no road deaths on that specific segment.. Walton credited the dividers with preventing dangerous overtaking, an approach that suggests engineering measures can reduce the most lethal behaviours—even when enforcement staffing is stretched.
Walton stressed that partnerships will be necessary to keep shrinking the gap between crash counts and the number of fatalities.. He called for stronger collaboration across government agencies and said he wants to bolster the officer numbers to improve enforcement.. He also pointed to recruiting and developing specialists—such as forensic crash investigators—to strengthen the investigation of serious crashes, where understanding contributing factors can guide better prevention strategies.
The wider implication is that Cayman’s road safety effort may be at an inflection point.. If enforcement continues to lag behind crash volume, deaths could rise again, even if specific locations improve through infrastructure changes.. At the same time, the data on alcohol and speeding suggests the problem is not only about how many patrols exist, but whether drivers consistently face consequences for risky choices.. Misryoum will be watching whether future reports show enforcement capacity recovering and whether projects like traffic dividers spread beyond known high-risk sections.