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St Edmundsbury road accidents in 2006: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 335 road traffic collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2006, and 467 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 47 were serious.

Collisions were down 3% on 2005 (345), and casualties fell from 479.

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 2006
335
Down 3% on 2005
Casualties in 2006
467
Down 3% on 2005
Fatal collisions
5
1.5% of collisions
Serious collisions
47
14% of collisions

Crash severity in St Edmundsbury in 2006

1.5% of collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2006 were fatal and 14% serious, against 2.3% and 22% in St Edmundsbury from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal51.5%
  • Serious4714%
  • Slight28384%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal61.3%
  • Serious5211%
  • Slight40988%

St Edmundsbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Edmundsbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 479 in 1988. 2006 is highlighted, with 335, down 3% on 2005.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2006
  • 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 2006

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday57 (17%)
  • Tuesday56 (17%)
  • Wednesday54 (16%)
  • Thursday55 (16%)
  • Friday57 (17%)
  • Saturday32 (9.6%)
  • Sunday24 (7.2%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5918 (5.4%)
  • 03:00 to 05:597 (2.1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5960 (18%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5952 (16%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5949 (15%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5982 (24%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5940 (12%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5927 (8.1%)

Collisions by month

  • January27 (8.1%)
  • February23 (6.9%)
  • March22 (6.6%)
  • April26 (7.8%)
  • May28 (8.4%)
  • June34 (10%)
  • July24 (7.2%)
  • August35 (10%)
  • September40 (12%)
  • October23 (6.9%)
  • November27 (8.1%)
  • December26 (7.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight243 (73%)
  • Dark, no street lighting47 (14%)
  • Dark, street lights lit43 (13%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds259 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds55 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (2.1%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other5 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry214 (64%)
  • Wet or damp114 (34%)
  • Frost or ice5 (1.5%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (2.1%)
  • 30 mph158 (47%)
  • 40 mph18 (5.4%)
  • 60 mph125 (37%)
  • 70 mph27 (8.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway271 (81%)
  • Dual carriageway32 (9.6%)
  • Roundabout19 (5.7%)
  • One way street or slip road13 (3.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2006

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant343 (73%)
  • Motorcyclist34 (7.3%)
  • Pedestrian34 (7.3%)
  • Cyclist20 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant14 (3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (2.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 55 (1.1%)
  • 6 to 1014 (3%)
  • 11 to 1521 (4.5%)
  • 16 to 2079 (17%)
  • 21 to 2562 (13%)
  • 26 to 3594 (20%)
  • 36 to 4578 (17%)
  • 46 to 5550 (11%)
  • 56 to 6536 (7.7%)
  • 66 to 7517 (3.6%)
  • Over 759 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider339 (73%)
  • Passenger94 (20%)
  • Pedestrian34 (7.3%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car486 (78%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes34 (5.4%)
  • Motorcycle34 (5.4%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes32 (5.1%)
  • Pedal cycle20 (3.2%)
  • Bus or coach8 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car7 (1.1%)
  • Minibus2 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle2 (0.3%)
  • Ridden horse1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for St Edmundsbury in 2006

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2006 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
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

Accident hotspots in St Edmundsbury in 2006

Abbeygate, West Suffolk, IP33 1JE area was the busiest accident hotspot in St Edmundsbury in 2006, with 40 collisions, 2 of them serious.

Roads in St Edmundsbury with the most crashes in 2006

The A143 had the most collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2006: 61, including 1 fatal and 12 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in St Edmundsbury, 2006
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1436192112
2ndA134324214
3rdA14263915
4thA1302202901
5thB1106121712
6thA11019902
7thB111171101
8thA109261012
9thB10636902
10thA10885600
11thA13075800
12thA10174402
13thA6042200
14thB10612200
15thB10662200
16thB15081400

Towns in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 2006

Bury St Edmunds had the most collisions of any town in St Edmundsbury in 2006: 92.

Postcode districts in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 2006

IP33 had the most collisions of any postcode district in St Edmundsbury in 2006: 81.

West Suffolk and its former districts in 2006

West Suffolk recorded 565 collisions in 2006, and 59% of them were in the old St Edmundsbury district.

Other former districts in West Suffolk

Latest crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2006

Of the last 24 crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2006, none were fatal and 2 were serious. The last was on 29 December 2006.

Severity

St Edmundsbury road accidents in other years