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IP23 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,175 road traffic collisions in the IP23 postcode district, Mid Suffolk, from 1980 to 2025, and 1,771 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 46 were fatal and 325 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
1,175
2,129th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,771
1.51 per collision
Fatal collisions
46
56 people killed
Serious collisions
325
415 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
19
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IP23

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal463.9%
  • Serious32528%
  • Slight80468%

What the data shows

  • IP23 had 156 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 228 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 32% of collisions in IP23 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 120 children under 16 were killed or injured in IP23, 6.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in IP23.

Where IP23 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,129th
Most casualties
2,084th
Most fatal collisions
1,308th
Most serious collisions
1,943rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday185 (16%)
  • Tuesday156 (13%)
  • Wednesday175 (15%)
  • Thursday197 (17%)
  • Friday181 (15%)
  • Saturday175 (15%)
  • Sunday106 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight856 (73%)
  • Dark, no street lighting278 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights lit29 (2.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,162 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (0.5%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph201 (17%)
  • 40 mph53 (4.5%)
  • 50 mph154 (13%)
  • 60 mph755 (64%)
  • 70 mph11 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds875 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds136 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds20 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist20 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.4%)
  • Other86 (7.3%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,291 (73%)
  • Motorcyclist144 (8.1%)
  • Van occupant78 (4.4%)
  • Cyclist73 (4.1%)
  • Pedestrian71 (4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)62 (3.5%)
  • Minibus occupant28 (1.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IP23 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IP23, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in IP23 peaked at 47 in 1987; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251319
20241114
202378
20221019
20211114
20201526
20192746
20181822
20172134
20162338
20152030
20141315
20131524
20123545
20111933
20102024
20092028
20083353
20071925
20063444
20052135
20042532
20033256
20022334
20012434
20002030
19992338
19982549
19972634
19963555
19952338
19943553
19932240
19923862
19914070
19902734
19894677
19884658
19874765
19863549
19853454
19843561
19832735
19823551
19812330
19802436

Map of recent crashes in IP23

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IP23

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IP23

The 24 most recent collisions in IP23 happened between 4 March 2024 and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IP23

The A140 has the most collisions in IP23, 597 of 1,175 (51%), followed by the B1077 (212).

Collisions in IP23 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1405971,02932166
2ndB1077212266856
3rdB11176797017
4thB11136712
5thB11184810

Council area for IP23

IP23 is in Mid Suffolk, where police recorded 11,634 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IP23 accounts for 10% of them.

Town in IP23

Of the 1,175 collisions in IP23, 105 (8.9%) were in Eye, Mid Suffolk.