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Suffolk Coastal road accidents in 1979: crash statistics

Police recorded 414 road traffic collisions in Suffolk Coastal in 1979, and 543 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 136 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 16,047 collisions in Suffolk Coastal.

District council until April 2019, now part of East Suffolk. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 1979
414
Casualties in 1979
543
Fatal collisions
7
1.7% of collisions
Serious collisions
136
33% of collisions

Crash severity in Suffolk Coastal in 1979

1.7% of collisions in Suffolk Coastal in 1979 were fatal and 33% serious, against 1.7% and 22% in Suffolk Coastal from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal71.7%
  • Serious13633%
  • Slight27165%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal81.5%
  • Serious15328%
  • Slight38270%

Suffolk Coastal road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Suffolk Coastal, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 519 in 1986. 1979 is highlighted, with 414.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025184244
2024171216
2023147198
2022196273
2021157215
2020181229
2019232344
2018223299
2017279386
2016286389
2015276360
2014311416
2013296410
2012278376
2011317463
2010295390
2009326466
2008336461
2007350481
2006354513
2005376517
2004388530
2003353479
2002349482
2001364522
2000367522
1999381492
1998356471
1997315441
1996344475
1995312438
1994339493
1993367523
1992383536
1991395561
1990457611
1989445605
1988462646
1987473625
1986519703
1985485653
1984514670
1983440571
1982472646
1981400518
1980382511
1979414543

When and where crashes happen in Suffolk Coastal in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday43 (10%)
  • Tuesday53 (13%)
  • Wednesday58 (14%)
  • Thursday81 (20%)
  • Friday65 (16%)
  • Saturday62 (15%)
  • Sunday52 (13%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5915 (3.6%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (0.5%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5951 (12%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5947 (11%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5979 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59113 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5953 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5954 (13%)

Collisions by month

  • January30 (7.2%)
  • February31 (7.5%)
  • March25 (6%)
  • April35 (8.5%)
  • May33 (8%)
  • June35 (8.5%)
  • July39 (9.4%)
  • August33 (8%)
  • September36 (8.7%)
  • October52 (13%)
  • November33 (8%)
  • December32 (7.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight293 (71%)
  • Dark, no street lighting69 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit52 (13%)

Weather at the time

  • Raining, no high winds43 (10%)
  • Snowing, no high winds14 (3.4%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.7%)
  • Other354 (86%)

Road surface

  • Dry256 (62%)
  • Wet or damp117 (28%)
  • Snow41 (9.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph147 (36%)
  • 40 mph40 (9.7%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 70 mph226 (55%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway375 (91%)
  • Roundabout15 (3.6%)
  • Dual carriageway12 (2.9%)
  • One way street or slip road11 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Suffolk Coastal in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant272 (50%)
  • Motorcyclist143 (26%)
  • Cyclist57 (10%)
  • Pedestrian34 (6.3%)
  • Van occupant24 (4.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 57 (1.3%)
  • 6 to 1019 (3.5%)
  • 11 to 1526 (4.8%)
  • 16 to 20160 (29%)
  • 21 to 2582 (15%)
  • 26 to 3574 (14%)
  • 36 to 4548 (8.8%)
  • 46 to 5536 (6.6%)
  • 56 to 6539 (7.2%)
  • 66 to 7540 (7.4%)
  • Over 7512 (2.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider369 (68%)
  • Passenger140 (26%)
  • Pedestrian34 (6.3%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car385 (55%)
  • Motorcycle141 (20%)
  • Pedal cycle58 (8.3%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes46 (6.6%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes36 (5.1%)
  • Other vehicle28 (4%)
  • Bus or coach7 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Roads in Suffolk Coastal with the most crashes in 1979

The A12 had the most collisions in Suffolk Coastal in 1979: 57, including 1 fatal and 18 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Suffolk Coastal, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA125791118
2ndA453138212
3rdA1152202503
4thB1078152206
5thA154141505
6thA1021131304
7thA1093121913
8thB1069122104
9thB1438121705
10thB1116111303
11thB11198903
12thA10946702
13thB11226904
14thB10795702
15thB10835501
16thB10845503
17thB11235601
18thA11204802
19thB10823301
20thA1442201

Postcode districts in Suffolk Coastal: crashes in 1979

IP17 had 2 collisions in 1979.

East Suffolk and its former districts in 1979

East Suffolk recorded 897 collisions in 1979, and 46% of them were in the old Suffolk Coastal district.

Other former districts in East Suffolk

Latest crashes in Suffolk Coastal in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Suffolk Coastal in 1979, 1 was fatal and 12 were serious. The last was on 26 December 1979.

Severity

Suffolk Coastal road accidents in other years