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PE36 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 548 road traffic collisions in the PE36 postcode district, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, from 1980 to 2025, and 780 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 111 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
548
2,391st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
780
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
16 people killed
Serious collisions
111
153 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PE36

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal132.4%
  • Serious11120%
  • Slight42477%

What the data shows

  • PE36 had 70 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 98 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in PE36 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 80 children under 16 were killed or injured in PE36, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in PE36.

Where PE36 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,391st
Most casualties
2,392nd
Most fatal collisions
2,336th
Most serious collisions
2,435th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday75 (14%)
  • Tuesday59 (11%)
  • Wednesday72 (13%)
  • Thursday62 (11%)
  • Friday70 (13%)
  • Saturday91 (17%)
  • Sunday119 (22%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight432 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit65 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting44 (8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway513 (94%)
  • Roundabout16 (2.9%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (1.6%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph326 (59%)
  • 40 mph56 (10%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph162 (30%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds447 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds52 (9.5%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Other12 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant460 (59%)
  • Pedestrian117 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist116 (15%)
  • Cyclist47 (6%)
  • Van occupant18 (2.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (1.3%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant7 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PE36 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PE36, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in PE36 peaked at 28 in 1989; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202537
2024513
202355
2022915
202155
202058
2019919
201878
2017712
20161517
20151112
2014810
201399
20121012
2011610
2010912
20091217
20081013
20071115
20061219
20051828
20041217
20031215
20021424
20011731
20001116
19991719
19981519
19971014
19961113
19951111
19941321
19932140
19921315
19911720
19902538
19892846
19882636
19872125
19861520
19851722
19841929
19831622
198200
198100
198011

Map of recent crashes in PE36

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PE36

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PE36

The 24 most recent collisions in PE36 happened between 16 June 2021 and 29 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PE36

The A149 has the most collisions in PE36, 216 of 548 (39%), followed by the B1161 (66).

Collisions in PE36 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA149216332753
2ndB11616692118
3rdB1454497849

Council area for PE36

PE36 is in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, where police recorded 20,174 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PE36 accounts for 2.7% of them.

Town in PE36

Of the 548 collisions in PE36, 286 (52%) were in Hunstanton.