Skip to main content
CrashStats

Waveney road accidents in 2009: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 332 road traffic collisions in Waveney in 2009, and 498 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 49 were serious.

Collisions were down 1% on 2008 (334), and casualties rose from 453.

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 2009
332
Down 1% on 2008
Casualties in 2009
498
Up 10% on 2008
Fatal collisions
7
2.1% of collisions
Serious collisions
49
15% of collisions

Crash severity in Waveney in 2009

2.1% of collisions in Waveney in 2009 were fatal and 15% serious, against 1.5% and 20% in Waveney from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal72.1%
  • Serious4915%
  • Slight27683%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal71.4%
  • Serious6613%
  • Slight42585%

Waveney road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Waveney, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 500 in 1980. 2009 is highlighted, with 332, down 1% on 2008.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2009
  • 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 2009

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday56 (17%)
  • Tuesday64 (19%)
  • Wednesday41 (12%)
  • Thursday41 (12%)
  • Friday52 (16%)
  • Saturday39 (12%)
  • Sunday39 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5911 (3.3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (0.6%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5936 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5950 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5974 (22%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5995 (29%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5947 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5917 (5.1%)

Collisions by month

  • January29 (8.7%)
  • February22 (6.6%)
  • March17 (5.1%)
  • April39 (12%)
  • May29 (8.7%)
  • June40 (12%)
  • July34 (10%)
  • August27 (8.1%)
  • September28 (8.4%)
  • October23 (6.9%)
  • November27 (8.1%)
  • December17 (5.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight266 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit49 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (4.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds264 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds35 (11%)
  • Fog or mist7 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other8 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry247 (74%)
  • Wet or damp75 (23%)
  • Frost or ice9 (2.7%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph235 (71%)
  • 40 mph25 (7.5%)
  • 50 mph5 (1.5%)
  • 60 mph59 (18%)
  • 70 mph5 (1.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway284 (86%)
  • Roundabout22 (6.6%)
  • One way street or slip road16 (4.8%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Waveney in 2009

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant293 (59%)
  • Pedestrian72 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist64 (13%)
  • Cyclist55 (11%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 517 (3.4%)
  • 6 to 1037 (7.4%)
  • 11 to 1533 (6.6%)
  • 16 to 2098 (20%)
  • 21 to 2552 (10%)
  • 26 to 3564 (13%)
  • 36 to 4567 (13%)
  • 46 to 5545 (9%)
  • 56 to 6540 (8%)
  • 66 to 7519 (3.8%)
  • Over 7526 (5.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider319 (64%)
  • Passenger107 (21%)
  • Pedestrian72 (14%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car449 (71%)
  • Motorcycle70 (11%)
  • Pedal cycle57 (9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes23 (3.7%)
  • Bus or coach9 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car7 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes6 (1%)
  • Other vehicle6 (1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle3 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Waveney in 2009

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2009 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Waveney

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 Waveney in 2009

Harbour & Normanston, East Suffolk, NR32 2JS area was the busiest accident hotspot in Waveney in 2009, with 40 collisions, 8 of them serious.

Roads in Waveney with the most crashes in 2009

The A12 had the most collisions in Waveney in 2009: 73, including 3 fatal and 7 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Waveney, 2009
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA127311737
2ndA146314605
3rdA145183003
4thA1117172310
5thA144133103
6thA1144121402
7thB1062121700
8thB1074111305
9thB1127101704
10thA11455801
11thA10953400
12thB13843300
13thB14373301
14thB15322300
15thA1171200
16thB11171101
17thB11231101
18thB11241100
19thB11261200
20thB13851401

Towns in Waveney: crashes in 2009

Lowestoft had the most collisions of any town in Waveney in 2009: 179.

Postcode districts in Waveney: crashes in 2009

NR32 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Waveney in 2009: 115.

East Suffolk and its former districts in 2009

East Suffolk recorded 655 collisions in 2009, and 51% of them were in the old Waveney district.

Other former districts in East Suffolk

Latest crashes in Waveney in 2009

Of the last 24 crashes in Waveney in 2009, none were fatal and 4 were serious. The last was on 29 December 2009.

Severity

Waveney road accidents in other years