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Waveney road accidents in 1979: crash statistics

Police recorded 490 road traffic collisions in Waveney in 1979, and 627 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 159 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 15,635 collisions in Waveney.

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

Collisions in 1979
490
Casualties in 1979
627
Fatal collisions
10
2% of collisions
Serious collisions
159
32% of collisions

Crash severity in Waveney in 1979

2% of collisions in Waveney in 1979 were fatal and 32% serious, against 1.5% and 20% in Waveney from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal102%
  • Serious15932%
  • Slight32166%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal121.9%
  • Serious18429%
  • Slight43169%

Waveney road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Waveney, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 500 in 1980. 1979 is highlighted, with 490.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025200251
2024158204
2023128177
2022183226
2021173219
2020149180
2019195261
2018181245
2017251321
2016233298
2015215286
2014245303
2013239290
2012295378
2011261356
2010261343
2009332498
2008334453
2007307392
2006334436
2005380508
2004366468
2003340447
2002355478
2001392501
2000352469
1999376473
1998349452
1997358458
1996362470
1995355462
1994364465
1993348448
1992375505
1991405546
1990424535
1989464601
1988426563
1987442576
1986461577
1985437556
1984476614
1983439545
1982483621
1981442571
1980500633
1979490627

When and where crashes happen in Waveney in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday66 (13%)
  • Tuesday96 (20%)
  • Wednesday58 (12%)
  • Thursday72 (15%)
  • Friday84 (17%)
  • Saturday65 (13%)
  • Sunday49 (10%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5914 (2.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:597 (1.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5951 (10%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5970 (14%)
  • 12:00 to 14:59103 (21%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59130 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5956 (11%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5959 (12%)

Collisions by month

  • January27 (5.5%)
  • February30 (6.1%)
  • March33 (6.7%)
  • April33 (6.7%)
  • May50 (10%)
  • June34 (6.9%)
  • July43 (8.8%)
  • August53 (11%)
  • September54 (11%)
  • October25 (5.1%)
  • November60 (12%)
  • December48 (9.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight365 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit90 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting35 (7.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Raining, no high winds62 (13%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Other419 (86%)

Road surface

  • Dry315 (64%)
  • Wet or damp137 (28%)
  • Snow38 (7.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph359 (73%)
  • 40 mph16 (3.3%)
  • 70 mph115 (23%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway408 (83%)
  • One way street or slip road44 (9%)
  • Roundabout20 (4.1%)
  • Dual carriageway16 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Waveney in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant223 (36%)
  • Motorcyclist194 (31%)
  • Cyclist108 (17%)
  • Pedestrian79 (13%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 521 (3.3%)
  • 6 to 1029 (4.6%)
  • 11 to 1564 (10%)
  • 16 to 20199 (32%)
  • 21 to 2563 (10%)
  • 26 to 3560 (9.6%)
  • 36 to 4549 (7.8%)
  • 46 to 5557 (9.1%)
  • 56 to 6545 (7.2%)
  • 66 to 7527 (4.3%)
  • Over 7513 (2.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider418 (67%)
  • Passenger130 (21%)
  • Pedestrian79 (13%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car406 (48%)
  • Motorcycle200 (24%)
  • Pedal cycle116 (14%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes38 (4.5%)
  • Other vehicle35 (4.2%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes30 (3.6%)
  • Bus or coach14 (1.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Roads in Waveney with the most crashes in 1979

The A12 had the most collisions in Waveney in 1979: 123, including 3 fatal and 39 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Waveney, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA12123167339
2ndA1464767320
3rdA1117252607
4thA144182525
5thB1074182509
6thA1144172103
7thA1116121503
8thA145101405
9thB1127101314
10thB10627802
11thA10956704
12thA11454403
13thB11234402
14thB13854500
15thA1433301
16thB11243402
17thB11263301
18thA13042501
19thB13832401
20thB11171100

Postcode districts in Waveney: crashes in 1979

IP19 had 2 collisions in 1979.

East Suffolk and its former districts in 1979

East Suffolk recorded 897 collisions in 1979, and 55% of them were in the old Waveney district.

Other former districts in East Suffolk

Latest crashes in Waveney in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Waveney in 1979, none were fatal and 13 were serious. The last was on 27 December 1979.

Severity

Waveney road accidents in other years