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St Edmundsbury road accidents in 2001: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 380 road traffic collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2001, and 561 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 49 were serious.

Collisions were up 1% on 2000 (378), and casualties rose from 535.

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 2001
380
Up 1% on 2000
Casualties in 2001
561
Up 5% on 2000
Fatal collisions
13
3.4% of collisions
Serious collisions
49
13% of collisions

Crash severity in St Edmundsbury in 2001

3.4% of collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2001 were fatal and 13% serious, against 2.3% and 22% in St Edmundsbury from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal133.4%
  • Serious4913%
  • Slight31884%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal142.5%
  • Serious6311%
  • Slight48486%

St Edmundsbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Edmundsbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 479 in 1988. 2001 is highlighted, with 380, up 1% on 2000.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2001
  • 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 2001

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday60 (16%)
  • Tuesday62 (16%)
  • Wednesday61 (16%)
  • Thursday60 (16%)
  • Friday51 (13%)
  • Saturday44 (12%)
  • Sunday42 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5911 (2.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:595 (1.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5971 (19%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5957 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5971 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5988 (23%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5952 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5925 (6.6%)

Collisions by month

  • January49 (13%)
  • February26 (6.8%)
  • March27 (7.1%)
  • April20 (5.3%)
  • May26 (6.8%)
  • June25 (6.6%)
  • July34 (8.9%)
  • August40 (11%)
  • September39 (10%)
  • October37 (9.7%)
  • November28 (7.4%)
  • December29 (7.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight297 (78%)
  • Dark, no street lighting43 (11%)
  • Dark, street lights lit39 (10%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds295 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds46 (12%)
  • Fog or mist10 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other17 (4.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry203 (53%)
  • Wet or damp133 (35%)
  • Frost or ice25 (6.6%)
  • Snow7 (1.8%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep6 (1.6%)
  • Mud3 (0.8%)
  • Oil or diesel3 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph183 (48%)
  • 40 mph17 (4.5%)
  • 60 mph146 (38%)
  • 70 mph33 (8.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway292 (77%)
  • Dual carriageway44 (12%)
  • Roundabout34 (8.9%)
  • 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 2001

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant415 (74%)
  • Pedestrian45 (8%)
  • Cyclist39 (7%)
  • Motorcyclist36 (6.4%)
  • Van occupant12 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 512 (2.1%)
  • 6 to 1019 (3.4%)
  • 11 to 1524 (4.3%)
  • 16 to 20113 (20%)
  • 21 to 2573 (13%)
  • 26 to 3599 (18%)
  • 36 to 4581 (14%)
  • 46 to 5559 (11%)
  • 56 to 6528 (5%)
  • 66 to 7516 (2.9%)
  • Over 7514 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded23 (4.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider386 (69%)
  • Passenger130 (23%)
  • Pedestrian45 (8%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car560 (79%)
  • Pedal cycle40 (5.6%)
  • Motorcycle35 (4.9%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes32 (4.5%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes26 (3.7%)
  • Bus or coach6 (0.8%)
  • Minibus4 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle4 (0.6%)
  • Agricultural vehicle3 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for St Edmundsbury in 2001

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2001 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in St Edmundsbury

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

Accident hotspots in St Edmundsbury in 2001

Abbeygate, West Suffolk, IP33 1JE area was the busiest accident hotspot in St Edmundsbury in 2001, with 35 collisions, 5 of them serious.

Roads in St Edmundsbury with the most crashes in 2001

The A143 had the most collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2001: 54, including 2 fatal and 13 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in St Edmundsbury, 2001
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1435493213
2ndA14396257
3rdA134355511
4thA1302263203
5thA1101213301
6thA604121903
7thA109281211
8thB110681203
9thB10617712
10thA108861011
11thB10635601
12thB10662601
13thA10171200
14thB10571100
15thB11111300
16thB11151310
17thB15061200

Towns in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 2001

Bury St Edmunds had the most collisions of any town in St Edmundsbury in 2001: 104.

Postcode districts in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 2001

IP33 had the most collisions of any postcode district in St Edmundsbury in 2001: 81.

West Suffolk and its former districts in 2001

West Suffolk recorded 682 collisions in 2001, and 56% of them were in the old St Edmundsbury district.

Other former districts in West Suffolk

Latest crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2001

Of the last 24 crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2001, 2 were fatal and 2 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2001.

Severity

St Edmundsbury road accidents in other years