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Southtown and Cobholm, Great Yarmouth, NR31 0FH area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 428 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Southtown and Cobholm ward, Great Yarmouth, from 2001 to 2025, with 549 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 61 were serious.

In 2025 there were 18 collisions here, up from 14 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
428
1,592nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
549
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
18
Up 29% on 2024

Crash severity at the NR31 0FH hotspot

63 of the 428 collisions here (15%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.5%
  • Serious6114%
  • Slight36585%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
62
Slightly injured
485
All casualties
549

Accidents by year at the NR31 0FH hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 33 in 2006, against an average of 17 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NR31 0FH hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251822
20241417
20231417
20221519
20211217
20201617
20192234
20181317
20171113
20161219
20151723
20141518
20131527
20121418
20111617
20101315
20092129
20081824
20072538
20063336
20051929
20041924
20032123
20021616
20011920

Map of crashes at the NR31 0FH hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NR31 0FH.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Southtown and Cobholm, Great Yarmouth, NR31 0FH area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the NR31 0FH hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Southtown and Cobholm
Council area
Great Yarmouth
Nearest postcode to the centre
NR31 0FH
Postcode district
NR31
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.59647, 1.72047
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
7 November 2025
Rank by collisions
1,592nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NR31 0FH hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A12, with 104 of 428, followed by the A1243 with 45.

Collisions at the NR31 0FH hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1210413804
2ndA1243455707
3rdA474056010
4thA1431100
5thB11411100

Towns near the NR31 0FH hotspot

277 of the 428 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Great Yarmouth.

Accident hotspots near NR31 0FH

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Nelson, Great Yarmouth, NR30 3JN area, 0.9 km away, with 137 collisions.

All 428 crashes at the NR31 0FH hotspot

Newest first, from 11 January 2001 to 7 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year