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St Edmundsbury road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 168 road traffic collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2025, and 204 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 49 were serious.

Collisions were up 6% on 2024 (159), and casualties fell from 208.

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 2025
168
Up 6% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
204
Down 2% on 2024
Fatal collisions
2
1.2% of collisions
Serious collisions
49
29% of collisions

Crash severity in St Edmundsbury in 2025

1.2% of collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2025 were fatal and 29% serious, against 2.3% and 22% in St Edmundsbury from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal21.2%
  • Serious4929%
  • Slight11770%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal21%
  • Serious5225%
  • Slight15074%

St Edmundsbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Edmundsbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 479 in 1988. 2025 is highlighted, with 168, up 6% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 168
  • 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 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (17%)
  • Tuesday20 (12%)
  • Wednesday27 (16%)
  • Thursday29 (17%)
  • Friday30 (18%)
  • Saturday18 (11%)
  • Sunday16 (9.5%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:592 (1.2%)
  • 03:00 to 05:597 (4.2%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5935 (21%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5920 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5929 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5943 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5921 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5911 (6.5%)

Collisions by month

  • January13 (7.7%)
  • February9 (5.4%)
  • March18 (11%)
  • April9 (5.4%)
  • May15 (8.9%)
  • June9 (5.4%)
  • July12 (7.1%)
  • August19 (11%)
  • September24 (14%)
  • October12 (7.1%)
  • November17 (10%)
  • December11 (6.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight124 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit21 (13%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (7.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (3.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (2.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds134 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds18 (11%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other9 (5.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.8%)

Road surface

  • Dry115 (68%)
  • Wet or damp44 (26%)
  • Frost or ice4 (2.4%)
  • Snow1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (2.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (3%)
  • 30 mph87 (52%)
  • 40 mph16 (9.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph47 (28%)
  • 70 mph12 (7.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway131 (78%)
  • Dual carriageway24 (14%)
  • Roundabout9 (5.4%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (2.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant120 (59%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (14%)
  • Pedestrian24 (12%)
  • Cyclist20 (9.8%)
  • Van occupant6 (2.9%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user2 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51 (0.5%)
  • 6 to 104 (2%)
  • 11 to 1511 (5.4%)
  • 16 to 2025 (12%)
  • 21 to 2518 (8.8%)
  • 26 to 3534 (17%)
  • 36 to 4528 (14%)
  • 46 to 5526 (13%)
  • 56 to 6520 (9.8%)
  • 66 to 757 (3.4%)
  • Over 7524 (12%)
  • Not recorded6 (2.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider144 (71%)
  • Passenger36 (18%)
  • Pedestrian24 (12%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car212 (69%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes30 (9.8%)
  • Motorcycle29 (9.4%)
  • Pedal cycle21 (6.8%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes8 (2.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car3 (1%)
  • Other vehicle2 (0.7%)
  • Mobility scooter1 (0.3%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for St Edmundsbury in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 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 2025

Abbeygate, West Suffolk, IP33 1JE area was the busiest accident hotspot in St Edmundsbury in 2025, with 21 collisions, 1 of them fatal.

Roads in St Edmundsbury with the most crashes in 2025

The A143 had the most collisions in St Edmundsbury in 2025: 28, including 1 fatal and 7 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in St Edmundsbury, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA143284117
2ndA1302131305
3rdA134101303
4thA14101412
5thA11016902
6thB10614501
7thB10634400
8thB11064500
9thA10923401
10thA13073300
11thB10572200
12thA10171100
13thA10881200
14thB11111200

Towns in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 2025

Bury St Edmunds had the most collisions of any town in St Edmundsbury in 2025: 47.

Postcode districts in St Edmundsbury: crashes in 2025

CB9 had the most collisions of any postcode district in St Edmundsbury in 2025: 36.

West Suffolk and its former districts in 2025

West Suffolk recorded 288 collisions in 2025, and 58% of them were in the old St Edmundsbury district.

Other former districts in West Suffolk

Latest crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in St Edmundsbury in 2025, none were fatal and 11 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2025.

Severity

St Edmundsbury road accidents in other years