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St Edmundsbury road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 390 road traffic collisions in St Edmundsbury in 1979, and 542 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 144 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 14,604 collisions in St Edmundsbury.

District council until April 2019, now part of West Suffolk. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 1979
390
Casualties in 1979
542
Fatal collisions
9
2.3% of collisions
Serious collisions
144
37% of collisions

Crash severity in St Edmundsbury in 1979

2.3% of collisions in St Edmundsbury in 1979 were fatal and 37% serious, against 2.3% and 22% in St Edmundsbury from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal92.3%
  • Serious14437%
  • Slight23761%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal91.7%
  • Serious17933%
  • Slight35465%

St Edmundsbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Edmundsbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 479 in 1988. 1979 is highlighted, with 390.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025168204
2024159208
2023119158
2022131187
2021148196
2020130167
2019168248
2018213293
2017191263
2016223284
2015196254
2014233304
2013210290
2012273377
2011269358
2010300400
2009269369
2008316439
2007368521
2006335467
2005345479
2004321434
2003373502
2002378539
2001380561
2000378535
1999342492
1998349471
1997381528
1996349530
1995302411
1994316428
1993347509
1992374520
1991390546
1990440653
1989446603
1988479649
1987407565
1986375518
1985365497
1984408558
1983357491
1982399551
1981413563
1980381517
1979390542

When and where crashes happen in St Edmundsbury in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday46 (12%)
  • Tuesday54 (14%)
  • Wednesday46 (12%)
  • Thursday53 (14%)
  • Friday76 (19%)
  • Saturday69 (18%)
  • Sunday46 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5920 (5.1%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (0.5%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5953 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5954 (14%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5952 (13%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5987 (22%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5957 (15%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5965 (17%)

Collisions by month

  • January36 (9.2%)
  • February25 (6.4%)
  • March35 (9%)
  • April17 (4.4%)
  • May32 (8.2%)
  • June37 (9.5%)
  • July29 (7.4%)
  • August29 (7.4%)
  • September34 (8.7%)
  • October41 (11%)
  • November27 (6.9%)
  • December48 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight253 (65%)
  • Dark, no street lighting74 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit62 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Raining, no high winds30 (7.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds20 (5.1%)
  • Fine, no high winds4 (1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other331 (85%)

Road surface

  • Dry232 (59%)
  • Wet or damp100 (26%)
  • Snow58 (15%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph173 (44%)
  • 40 mph18 (4.6%)
  • 60 mph3 (0.8%)
  • 70 mph196 (50%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway353 (91%)
  • Dual carriageway16 (4.1%)
  • Roundabout11 (2.8%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in St Edmundsbury in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant276 (51%)
  • Motorcyclist127 (23%)
  • Pedestrian58 (11%)
  • Cyclist40 (7.4%)
  • Van occupant30 (5.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 511 (2%)
  • 6 to 1030 (5.5%)
  • 11 to 1533 (6.1%)
  • 16 to 20155 (29%)
  • 21 to 2570 (13%)
  • 26 to 3595 (18%)
  • 36 to 4547 (8.7%)
  • 46 to 5539 (7.2%)
  • 56 to 6530 (5.5%)
  • 66 to 7525 (4.6%)
  • Over 757 (1.3%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider346 (64%)
  • Passenger138 (25%)
  • Pedestrian58 (11%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car371 (58%)
  • Motorcycle130 (20%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes44 (6.9%)
  • Pedal cycle40 (6.2%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes32 (5%)
  • Other vehicle20 (3.1%)
  • Bus or coach4 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for St Edmundsbury in 1979

Map of the last crash of 1979 in St Edmundsbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Roads in St Edmundsbury with the most crashes in 1979

The A143 had the most collisions in St Edmundsbury in 1979: 54, including 1 fatal and 20 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in St Edmundsbury, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1435477120
2ndA1345280118
3rdA604273419
4thA1302202105
5thA45142308
6thA1101122406
7thB10617903
8thA108861003
9thB10666704
10thB11065601
11thB11113402
12thA10922201
13thB10632301
14thA101301
15thA11231100
16thA1331100
17thB10521100
18thB10571100
19thB10851201

Postcode districts in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 1979

CB9 had the most collisions of any postcode district in St Edmundsbury in 1979: 2.

West Suffolk and its former districts in 1979

West Suffolk recorded 690 collisions in 1979, and 57% of them were in the old St Edmundsbury district.

Other former districts in West Suffolk

Latest crashes in St Edmundsbury in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in St Edmundsbury in 1979, 2 were fatal and 9 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1979.

Severity

St Edmundsbury road accidents in other years