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St Edmundsbury road accidents in 1984: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 408 road traffic collisions in St Edmundsbury in 1984, and 558 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 127 were serious.

Collisions were up 14% on 1983 (357), and casualties rose from 491.

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 1984
408
Up 14% on 1983
Casualties in 1984
558
Up 14% on 1983
Fatal collisions
10
2.5% of collisions
Serious collisions
127
31% of collisions

Crash severity in St Edmundsbury in 1984

2.5% of collisions in St Edmundsbury in 1984 were fatal and 31% serious, against 2.3% and 22% in St Edmundsbury from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal102.5%
  • Serious12731%
  • Slight27166%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal101.8%
  • Serious16329%
  • Slight38569%

St Edmundsbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Edmundsbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 479 in 1988. 1984 is highlighted, with 408, up 14% on 1983.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1984
  • 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 1984

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday46 (11%)
  • Tuesday56 (14%)
  • Wednesday50 (12%)
  • Thursday54 (13%)
  • Friday84 (21%)
  • Saturday69 (17%)
  • Sunday49 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5921 (5.1%)
  • 03:00 to 05:594 (1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5952 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5959 (14%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5967 (16%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5996 (24%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5960 (15%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5949 (12%)

Collisions by month

  • January37 (9.1%)
  • February19 (4.7%)
  • March24 (5.9%)
  • April29 (7.1%)
  • May28 (6.9%)
  • June28 (6.9%)
  • July38 (9.3%)
  • August26 (6.4%)
  • September46 (11%)
  • October43 (11%)
  • November50 (12%)
  • December40 (9.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight275 (67%)
  • Dark, no street lighting71 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit59 (14%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds251 (62%)
  • Raining, no high winds47 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other93 (23%)

Road surface

  • Dry248 (61%)
  • Wet or damp143 (35%)
  • Frost or ice17 (4.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph173 (42%)
  • 40 mph36 (8.8%)
  • 60 mph169 (41%)
  • 70 mph30 (7.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway355 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway31 (7.6%)
  • One way street or slip road14 (3.4%)
  • Roundabout8 (2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in St Edmundsbury in 1984

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant298 (53%)
  • Motorcyclist128 (23%)
  • Pedestrian73 (13%)
  • Cyclist35 (6.3%)
  • Van occupant12 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 515 (2.7%)
  • 6 to 1019 (3.4%)
  • 11 to 1541 (7.3%)
  • 16 to 20182 (33%)
  • 21 to 2580 (14%)
  • 26 to 3570 (13%)
  • 36 to 4554 (9.7%)
  • 46 to 5538 (6.8%)
  • 56 to 6533 (5.9%)
  • 66 to 7513 (2.3%)
  • Over 7513 (2.3%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider332 (59%)
  • Passenger153 (27%)
  • Pedestrian73 (13%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car411 (63%)
  • Motorcycle131 (20%)
  • Pedal cycle35 (5.4%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes33 (5.1%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes27 (4.2%)
  • Other vehicle7 (1.1%)
  • 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 1984

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1984 in St Edmundsbury

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in St Edmundsbury with the most crashes in 1984

The A143 had the most collisions in St Edmundsbury in 1984: 65, including 2 fatal and 22 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in St Edmundsbury, 1984
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA14365108222
2ndA1344357213
3rdA45314218
4thA1302212516
5thA604192702
6thA1101121803
7thB106381001
8thA10927804
9thA10886602
10thB11115802
11thB11064601
12thB10572200
13thB10612402
14thB10662310
15thA10991100
16thB10851100

Towns in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 1984

Bury St Edmunds had the most collisions of any town in St Edmundsbury in 1984: 142.

Postcode districts in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 1984

IP33 had the most collisions of any postcode district in St Edmundsbury in 1984: 113.

West Suffolk and its former districts in 1984

West Suffolk recorded 732 collisions in 1984, and 56% of them were in the old St Edmundsbury district.

Other former districts in West Suffolk

Latest crashes in St Edmundsbury in 1984

Of the last 24 crashes in St Edmundsbury in 1984, none were fatal and 10 were serious. The last was on 30 December 1984.

Severity

St Edmundsbury road accidents in other years