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Norwich road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 23,749 road traffic collisions in Norwich from 1979 to 2025, and 28,465 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 185 were fatal and 4,895 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 298 collisions, up 9% on 2024 (273), and casualties rose from 299 to 334.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
23,749
133rd highest of 351 areas
Casualties
28,465
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
185
0.8% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
298
Up 9% on 2024

Crash severity in Norwich

0.8% of collisions in Norwich from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 21% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal1850.8%
  • Serious4,89521%
  • Slight18,66979%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal1920.7%
  • Serious5,24618%
  • Slight23,02781%

Norwich road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Norwich, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 957 in 1989. In 2025 there were 298, up 9% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 298
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025298334
2024273299
2023206234
2022257299
2021235270
2020220258
2019319368
2018336380
2017335387
2016386442
2015374445
2014400471
2013371435
2012321372
2011374456
2010335391
2009328375
2008350431
2007415509
2006381499
2005454544
2004474566
2003510612
2002452566
2001508629
2000541660
1999552696
1998507608
1997498588
1996479609
1995460555
1994508646
1993617749
1992679794
1991715904
1990824944
19899571,150
1988828992
1987765904
1986804971
1985762910
1984826987
1983788939
1982716874
1981685796
1980706854
1979620763

When and where crashes happen in Norwich

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday3,424 (14%)
  • Tuesday3,535 (15%)
  • Wednesday3,574 (15%)
  • Thursday3,831 (16%)
  • Friday4,079 (17%)
  • Saturday3,281 (14%)
  • Sunday2,025 (8.5%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:59830 (3.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59258 (1.1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:592,918 (12%)
  • 09:00 to 11:593,505 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:594,352 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:596,258 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:593,402 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:592,226 (9.4%)

Collisions by month

  • January1,888 (7.9%)
  • February1,704 (7.2%)
  • March1,859 (7.8%)
  • April1,710 (7.2%)
  • May1,999 (8.4%)
  • June1,931 (8.1%)
  • July1,935 (8.1%)
  • August1,855 (7.8%)
  • September2,082 (8.8%)
  • October2,305 (9.7%)
  • November2,404 (10%)
  • December2,077 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight17,111 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit6,164 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown297 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit109 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting68 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds18,979 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds2,888 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds351 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds255 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds112 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist104 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds21 (0.1%)
  • Other789 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded250 (1.1%)

Road surface

  • Dry15,975 (67%)
  • Wet or damp7,263 (31%)
  • Frost or ice341 (1.4%)
  • Snow88 (0.4%)
  • Oil or diesel15 (0.1%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep6 (under 0.1%)
  • Mud1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded60 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph575 (2.4%)
  • 30 mph20,757 (87%)
  • 40 mph2,260 (9.5%)
  • 50 mph9 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph123 (0.5%)
  • 70 mph25 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway19,156 (81%)
  • Roundabout1,941 (8.2%)
  • Dual carriageway1,383 (5.8%)
  • One way street or slip road1,162 (4.9%)
  • Not recorded107 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Norwich

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant10,408 (37%)
  • Motorcyclist5,661 (20%)
  • Cyclist5,458 (19%)
  • Pedestrian5,432 (19%)
  • Bus or coach occupant733 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant318 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant183 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)85 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant72 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant62 (0.2%)
  • Other23 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded30 (0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 5522 (1.8%)
  • 6 to 101,084 (3.8%)
  • 11 to 151,916 (6.7%)
  • 16 to 206,307 (22%)
  • 21 to 253,771 (13%)
  • 26 to 354,812 (17%)
  • 36 to 453,329 (12%)
  • 46 to 552,497 (8.8%)
  • 56 to 651,695 (6%)
  • 66 to 751,092 (3.8%)
  • Over 75903 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded537 (1.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider17,960 (63%)
  • Pedestrian5,432 (19%)
  • Passenger5,073 (18%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car26,327 (62%)
  • Motorcycle5,981 (14%)
  • Pedal cycle5,663 (13%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes1,445 (3.4%)
  • Bus or coach1,035 (2.4%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes757 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car419 (1%)
  • Other vehicle384 (0.9%)
  • Minibus144 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown39 (0.1%)
  • Other53 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded13 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Norwich

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Norwich

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Norwich ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Norwich had the 133rd most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
133rd
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
159th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
Joint 50th
lowest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
118th
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
130thEast Lindsey24,05936,2816685,173
131stThurrock24,01132,8833324,520
132ndBlackburn with Darwen23,83632,5642804,232
133rdNorwich (this area)23,74928,4651854,895
134thBasildon23,49531,1222794,246
135thSouth Cambridgeshire23,38434,0857295,364
136thStafford23,37232,9054663,001

Accident hotspots in Norwich

Mancroft, Norwich, NR2 1TW area is the busiest accident hotspot in Norwich, with 1,504 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 5 of them fatal.

Roads in Norwich with the most crashes

The A147 had the most collisions in Norwich from 1979 to 2025: 2,368, including 14 fatal and 435 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Norwich, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1472,3682,80114435
2ndA1401,7552,22718329
3rdA471,6872,14724451
4thA10741,1641,41713213
5thA117288977148
6thB11087258952164
7thA10676007574133
8thA11515857035116
9thA10245366233115
10thB1140442520097
11thA1042423525474
12thB1150304371167
13thA146227298541
14thA1402193228422
15thA1242142167124
16thA1056138165127
17thA105481101115
18thA10753401
19thA1493301
20thB14573300

Towns in Norwich

Norwich had 20,348 collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Postcode districts in Norwich

NR3 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Norwich from 1979 to 2025: 5,318.

Latest crashes in Norwich

Of the latest 24 crashes in Norwich, 2 were fatal and 3 were serious. The most recent was on 30 December 2025.

Severity