Skip to main content
CrashStats

St Edmundsbury road accidents in 2011: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 269 road traffic collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2011, and 358 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 48 were serious.

Collisions were down 10% on 2010 (300), and casualties fell from 400.

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 2011
269
Down 10% on 2010
Casualties in 2011
358
Down 11% on 2010
Fatal collisions
5
1.9% of collisions
Serious collisions
48
18% of collisions

Crash severity in St Edmundsbury in 2011

1.9% of collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2011 were fatal and 18% serious, against 2.3% and 22% in St Edmundsbury from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal51.9%
  • Serious4818%
  • Slight21680%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal51.4%
  • Serious5515%
  • Slight29883%

St Edmundsbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Edmundsbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 479 in 1988. 2011 is highlighted, with 269, down 10% on 2010.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2011
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
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 2011

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (10%)
  • Tuesday43 (16%)
  • Wednesday46 (17%)
  • Thursday34 (13%)
  • Friday51 (19%)
  • Saturday33 (12%)
  • Sunday35 (13%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:598 (3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5913 (4.8%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5937 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5940 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5945 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5977 (29%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5932 (12%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5917 (6.3%)

Collisions by month

  • January16 (5.9%)
  • February26 (9.7%)
  • March21 (7.8%)
  • April23 (8.6%)
  • May22 (8.2%)
  • June15 (5.6%)
  • July25 (9.3%)
  • August19 (7.1%)
  • September23 (8.6%)
  • October29 (11%)
  • November30 (11%)
  • December20 (7.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight202 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting39 (14%)
  • Dark, street lights lit27 (10%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds217 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (8.6%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (3%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other12 (4.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.1%)

Road surface

  • Dry188 (70%)
  • Wet or damp69 (26%)
  • Frost or ice12 (4.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph136 (51%)
  • 40 mph12 (4.5%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph97 (36%)
  • 70 mph20 (7.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway216 (80%)
  • Dual carriageway24 (8.9%)
  • Roundabout18 (6.7%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2011

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant216 (60%)
  • Motorcyclist46 (13%)
  • Cyclist38 (11%)
  • Pedestrian31 (8.7%)
  • Van occupant10 (2.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (2%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 54 (1.1%)
  • 6 to 1010 (2.8%)
  • 11 to 1518 (5%)
  • 16 to 2060 (17%)
  • 21 to 2548 (13%)
  • 26 to 3553 (15%)
  • 36 to 4549 (14%)
  • 46 to 5559 (16%)
  • 56 to 6530 (8.4%)
  • 66 to 7515 (4.2%)
  • Over 7512 (3.4%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider267 (75%)
  • Passenger60 (17%)
  • Pedestrian31 (8.7%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car344 (70%)
  • Motorcycle48 (9.7%)
  • Pedal cycle39 (7.9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes30 (6.1%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes19 (3.8%)
  • Bus or coach4 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car4 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle3 (0.6%)
  • Agricultural vehicle2 (0.4%)
  • Minibus1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for St Edmundsbury in 2011

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2011 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 2011

Abbeygate, West Suffolk, IP33 1JE area was the busiest accident hotspot in St Edmundsbury in 2011, with 32 collisions, 9 of them serious.

Roads in St Edmundsbury with the most crashes in 2011

The A143 had the most collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2011: 47, including 8 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in St Edmundsbury, 2011
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA143477008
2ndA134213433
3rdA14162203
4thA1302152007
5thB1106111500
6thA11019901
7thA108851002
8thB10614412
9thB10634602
10thA10923401
11thA13073300
12thB10663400
13thB11113401
14thA10172200
15thA111100
16thB10571100
17thB15061100

Towns in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 2011

Bury St Edmunds had the most collisions of any town in St Edmundsbury in 2011: 74.

Postcode districts in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 2011

CB9 had the most collisions of any postcode district in St Edmundsbury in 2011: 56.

West Suffolk and its former districts in 2011

West Suffolk recorded 452 collisions in 2011, and 60% of them were in the old St Edmundsbury district.

Other former districts in West Suffolk

Latest crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2011

Of the last 24 crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2011, none were fatal and 5 were serious. The last was on 23 December 2011.

Severity

St Edmundsbury road accidents in other years