Skip to main content
CrashStats

St Edmundsbury road accidents in 2021: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 148 road traffic collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2021, and 196 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 41 were serious.

Collisions were up 14% on 2020 (130), and casualties rose from 167.

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 2021
148
Up 14% on 2020
Casualties in 2021
196
Up 17% on 2020
Fatal collisions
5
3.4% of collisions
Serious collisions
41
28% of collisions

Crash severity in St Edmundsbury in 2021

3.4% of collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2021 were fatal and 28% serious, against 2.3% and 22% in St Edmundsbury from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal53.4%
  • Serious4128%
  • Slight10269%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal52.6%
  • Serious4724%
  • Slight14473%

St Edmundsbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Edmundsbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 479 in 1988. 2021 is highlighted, with 148, up 14% on 2020.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2021: 148
  • 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 2021

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (15%)
  • Tuesday24 (16%)
  • Wednesday26 (18%)
  • Thursday17 (11%)
  • Friday32 (22%)
  • Saturday17 (11%)
  • Sunday10 (6.8%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:593 (2%)
  • 03:00 to 05:595 (3.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5924 (16%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5924 (16%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5919 (13%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5946 (31%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5919 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:598 (5.4%)

Collisions by month

  • January7 (4.7%)
  • February15 (10%)
  • March8 (5.4%)
  • April10 (6.8%)
  • May16 (11%)
  • June12 (8.1%)
  • July19 (13%)
  • August12 (8.1%)
  • September16 (11%)
  • October17 (11%)
  • November9 (6.1%)
  • December7 (4.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight114 (77%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (11%)
  • Dark, street lights lit15 (10%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds118 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (11%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other5 (3.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (2%)

Road surface

  • Dry100 (68%)
  • Wet or damp43 (29%)
  • Frost or ice2 (1.4%)
  • Snow2 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (4.1%)
  • 30 mph73 (49%)
  • 40 mph10 (6.8%)
  • 50 mph3 (2%)
  • 60 mph48 (32%)
  • 70 mph8 (5.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway120 (81%)
  • Dual carriageway13 (8.8%)
  • Roundabout13 (8.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2021

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant125 (64%)
  • Pedestrian22 (11%)
  • Cyclist19 (9.7%)
  • Motorcyclist18 (9.2%)
  • Van occupant9 (4.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.5%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51 (0.5%)
  • 6 to 109 (4.6%)
  • 11 to 159 (4.6%)
  • 16 to 2021 (11%)
  • 21 to 2528 (14%)
  • 26 to 3531 (16%)
  • 36 to 4526 (13%)
  • 46 to 5519 (9.7%)
  • 56 to 6522 (11%)
  • 66 to 7512 (6.1%)
  • Over 7513 (6.6%)
  • Not recorded5 (2.6%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider137 (70%)
  • Passenger37 (19%)
  • Pedestrian22 (11%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car198 (72%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes22 (8%)
  • Pedal cycle19 (6.9%)
  • Motorcycle18 (6.6%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes10 (3.6%)
  • Other vehicle4 (1.5%)
  • Agricultural vehicle2 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for St Edmundsbury in 2021

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2021 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 2021

Abbeygate, West Suffolk, IP33 1JE area was the busiest accident hotspot in St Edmundsbury in 2021, with 18 collisions, 1 of them serious.

Roads in St Edmundsbury with the most crashes in 2021

The A143 had the most collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2021: 23, including 2 fatal and 9 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in St Edmundsbury, 2021
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA143232929
2ndA14101112
3rdA13029912
4thA13491703
5thA110161401
6thA10885802
7thB11064602
8thA13072301
9thA10171110
10thA10921200
11thB10571100
12thB10631200

Towns in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 2021

Bury St Edmunds had the most collisions of any town in St Edmundsbury in 2021: 45.

Postcode districts in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 2021

CB9 had the most collisions of any postcode district in St Edmundsbury in 2021: 31.

West Suffolk and its former districts in 2021

West Suffolk recorded 262 collisions in 2021, and 56% of them were in the old St Edmundsbury district.

Other former districts in West Suffolk

Latest crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2021

Of the last 24 crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2021, 1 was fatal and 4 were serious. The last was on 26 December 2021.

Severity

St Edmundsbury road accidents in other years