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St Edmundsbury road accidents in 2000: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 378 road traffic collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2000, and 535 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 69 were serious.

Collisions were up 11% on 1999 (342), and casualties rose from 492.

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 2000
378
Up 11% on 1999
Casualties in 2000
535
Up 9% on 1999
Fatal collisions
7
1.9% of collisions
Serious collisions
69
18% of collisions

Crash severity in St Edmundsbury in 2000

1.9% of collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2000 were fatal and 18% serious, against 2.3% and 22% in St Edmundsbury from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal71.9%
  • Serious6918%
  • Slight30280%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal101.9%
  • Serious8416%
  • Slight44182%

St Edmundsbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Edmundsbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 479 in 1988. 2000 is highlighted, with 378, up 11% on 1999.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2000
  • 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 2000

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday39 (10%)
  • Tuesday63 (17%)
  • Wednesday66 (17%)
  • Thursday57 (15%)
  • Friday73 (19%)
  • Saturday46 (12%)
  • Sunday34 (9%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5918 (4.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:593 (0.8%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5951 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5948 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5977 (20%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59106 (28%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5947 (12%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5928 (7.4%)

Collisions by month

  • January33 (8.7%)
  • February29 (7.7%)
  • March30 (7.9%)
  • April32 (8.5%)
  • May26 (6.9%)
  • June30 (7.9%)
  • July30 (7.9%)
  • August31 (8.2%)
  • September35 (9.3%)
  • October39 (10%)
  • November32 (8.5%)
  • December31 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight288 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting48 (13%)
  • Dark, street lights lit39 (10%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds296 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds52 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.3%)
  • Other9 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.1%)

Road surface

  • Dry236 (62%)
  • Wet or damp129 (34%)
  • Frost or ice8 (2.1%)
  • Mud2 (0.5%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.3%)
  • Oil or diesel1 (0.3%)
  • Snow1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph179 (47%)
  • 40 mph15 (4%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph148 (39%)
  • 70 mph31 (8.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway289 (76%)
  • Dual carriageway39 (10%)
  • Roundabout35 (9.3%)
  • One way street or slip road14 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2000

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant378 (71%)
  • Pedestrian50 (9.3%)
  • Motorcyclist42 (7.9%)
  • Cyclist22 (4.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)19 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant13 (2.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (1.5%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 512 (2.2%)
  • 6 to 1011 (2.1%)
  • 11 to 1527 (5%)
  • 16 to 2082 (15%)
  • 21 to 2565 (12%)
  • 26 to 35124 (23%)
  • 36 to 4587 (16%)
  • 46 to 5550 (9.3%)
  • 56 to 6532 (6%)
  • 66 to 7517 (3.2%)
  • Over 7510 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded18 (3.4%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider374 (70%)
  • Passenger111 (21%)
  • Pedestrian50 (9.3%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car541 (77%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes56 (7.9%)
  • Motorcycle42 (5.9%)
  • Pedal cycle25 (3.5%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes20 (2.8%)
  • Bus or coach9 (1.3%)
  • Agricultural vehicle5 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car5 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle2 (0.3%)
  • Ridden horse1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for St Edmundsbury in 2000

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2000 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 2000

The A134 had the most collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2000: 55, including 1 fatal and 13 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in St Edmundsbury, 2000
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1345593113
2ndA1435077110
3rdA14405345
4thA1302202402
5thA1101182603
6thA6048800
7thB110681601
8thB111181003
9thA109271411
10thB106361001
11thA13075601
12thB10615501
13thB10665503
14thA10884502
15thA10173501
16thB5311300

Towns in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 2000

Bury St Edmunds had the most collisions of any town in St Edmundsbury in 2000: 94.

Postcode districts in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 2000

IP33 had the most collisions of any postcode district in St Edmundsbury in 2000: 72.

West Suffolk and its former districts in 2000

West Suffolk recorded 613 collisions in 2000, and 62% of them were in the old St Edmundsbury district.

Other former districts in West Suffolk

Latest crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2000

Of the last 24 crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2000, none were fatal and 5 were serious. The last was on 28 December 2000.

Severity

St Edmundsbury road accidents in other years