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Attleborough road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 446 road traffic collisions in Attleborough, Breckland, from 1983 to 2025, and 530 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 83 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1983
446
1,236th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
530
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
83
93 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Attleborough

Collisions by severity, 1983 to 2025

  • Fatal92%
  • Serious8319%
  • Slight35479%

What the data shows

  • Attleborough had 68 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 90 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Attleborough were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 71 children under 16 were killed or injured in Attleborough, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Attleborough.

Where Attleborough ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,236th
Most casualties
1,282nd
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,275th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday60 (13%)
  • Tuesday59 (13%)
  • Wednesday54 (12%)
  • Thursday75 (17%)
  • Friday97 (22%)
  • Saturday61 (14%)
  • Sunday40 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight336 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit101 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway349 (78%)
  • One way street or slip road92 (21%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.4%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph376 (84%)
  • 40 mph37 (8.3%)
  • 60 mph30 (6.7%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds355 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds49 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (2.5%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other13 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant230 (43%)
  • Pedestrian110 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist89 (17%)
  • Cyclist82 (15%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Attleborough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Attleborough, 1983 to 2025

Collisions in Attleborough peaked at 17 in 1997; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
2024811
202356
202267
202178
202044
20191011
20181112
201778
2016712
20151619
20141618
201311
2012710
201178
20101111
200978
20081010
2007710
200689
20051515
200479
20031112
20021111
20011217
200089
19991214
19981215
19971718
19961515
19951112
19941013
19931217
19921517
19911719
19901621
19891113
19881011
19871317
198688
19851426
19841618
19831517

Map of recent crashes in Attleborough

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Attleborough

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Attleborough

The 24 most recent collisions in Attleborough happened between 7 September 2021 and 10 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Attleborough

The B1077 has the most collisions in Attleborough, 218 of 446 (49%), followed by the A11 (29).

Collisions in Attleborough on each road, 1983 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1077218262340
2ndA112941310

Council area for Attleborough

Attleborough is in Breckland, where police recorded 16,965 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Attleborough accounts for 2.6% of them.

Postcode district for Attleborough

All 446 collisions in Attleborough were in the NR17 postcode district.