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NR17 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,648 road traffic collisions in the NR17 postcode district, Breckland, from 1983 to 2025, and 2,357 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 59 were fatal and 413 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 28 collisions, down 13% on 2024 (32).

Collisions since 1983
1,648
1,916th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,357
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
59
69 people killed
Serious collisions
413
569 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
28
Down 13% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
34
Down 26% on 2024

Road collision statistics for NR17

Collisions by severity, 1983 to 2025

  • Fatal593.6%
  • Serious41325%
  • Slight1,17671%

What the data shows

  • NR17 had 273 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 324 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in NR17 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 205 children under 16 were killed or injured in NR17, 8.8% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in NR17.

Where NR17 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,916th
Most casualties
1,889th
Most fatal collisions
952nd
Most serious collisions
1,725th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday228 (14%)
  • Tuesday212 (13%)
  • Wednesday209 (13%)
  • Thursday246 (15%)
  • Friday299 (18%)
  • Saturday237 (14%)
  • Sunday217 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,204 (73%)
  • Dark, no street lighting275 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit137 (8.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown23 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,372 (83%)
  • Dual carriageway152 (9.2%)
  • One way street or slip road104 (6.3%)
  • Roundabout17 (1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph508 (31%)
  • 40 mph91 (5.5%)
  • 50 mph20 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph875 (53%)
  • 70 mph151 (9.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,265 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds210 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds38 (2.3%)
  • Fog or mist34 (2.1%)
  • Raining with high winds19 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Other64 (3.9%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,573 (67%)
  • Motorcyclist259 (11%)
  • Pedestrian158 (6.7%)
  • Cyclist137 (5.8%)
  • Van occupant78 (3.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant57 (2.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)53 (2.2%)
  • Minibus occupant17 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant14 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.3%)
  • Other4 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

NR17 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in NR17, 1983 to 2025

Collisions in NR17 peaked at 55 in 1997; 2025 had 28.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 28
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252834
20243246
20232026
20222535
20212939
20202025
20192636
20182939
20173852
20162641
20153955
20143541
20132338
20122940
20113036
20103351
20093343
20083040
20073551
20063761
20053846
20043244
20034656
20024355
20014473
20005173
19994765
19984161
19975578
19964259
19955065
19944975
19934660
19924572
19914859
19904461
19894977
19884761
19875072
19864564
198548127
19844665
19834560

Map of recent crashes in NR17

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in NR17

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in NR17

The 24 most recent collisions in NR17 happened between 6 March and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in NR17

The B1077 has the most collisions in NR17, 534 of 1,648 (32%), followed by the A11 (408).

Collisions in NR17 on each road, 1983 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB107753470815112
2ndA1140871230129
3rdA10755485320
4thB11114355211

Council area for NR17

NR17 is in Breckland, where police recorded 16,965 collisions from 1979 to 2025. NR17 accounts for 9.7% of them.

Town in NR17

Of the 1,648 collisions in NR17, 446 (27%) were in Attleborough.