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Bury St Edmunds road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,769 road traffic collisions in Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, from 1980 to 2025, and 4,598 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 39 were fatal and 690 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 47 collisions, up 57% on 2024 (30).

Collisions since 1980
3,769
281st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
4,598
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
39
41 people killed
Serious collisions
690
753 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
47
Up 57% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
55
Up 62% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Bury St Edmunds

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal391%
  • Serious69018%
  • Slight3,04081%

What the data shows

  • Bury St Edmunds had 446 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 717 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Bury St Edmunds were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 575 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bury St Edmunds, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Bury St Edmunds.

Where Bury St Edmunds ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
281st
Most casualties
281st
Most fatal collisions
276th
Most serious collisions
257th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday546 (14%)
  • Tuesday553 (15%)
  • Wednesday626 (17%)
  • Thursday600 (16%)
  • Friday658 (17%)
  • Saturday460 (12%)
  • Sunday326 (8.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,796 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit855 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting58 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit34 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown24 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,886 (77%)
  • Roundabout407 (11%)
  • One way street or slip road262 (7%)
  • Dual carriageway191 (5.1%)
  • Not recorded23 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph73 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph3,228 (86%)
  • 40 mph245 (6.5%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph105 (2.8%)
  • 70 mph114 (3%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,871 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds496 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds45 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds30 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist24 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds19 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other242 (6.4%)
  • Not recorded40 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,073 (45%)
  • Motorcyclist886 (19%)
  • Pedestrian803 (17%)
  • Cyclist660 (14%)
  • Van occupant64 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)27 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant24 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant23 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant20 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant15 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bury St Edmunds road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bury St Edmunds, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Bury St Edmunds peaked at 142 in 1984; 2025 had 47.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 47
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254755
20243034
20233135
20223642
20214552
20204253
20195164
20186174
20174755
20165666
20155570
20146577
20136173
20127488
20117597
20107585
20096382
20087591
20078297
200692120
20056791
200482100
200379104
200285112
2001104133
200094109
19996979
199896114
199794117
1996103124
19957892
19946786
199382101
1992101117
199194118
1990101136
1989118136
1988116137
1987124152
1986109131
1985108134
1984142167
1983116146
1982126150
1981124152
1980127150

Map of recent crashes in Bury St Edmunds

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bury St Edmunds

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bury St Edmunds

The 24 most recent collisions in Bury St Edmunds happened between 8 June and 24 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bury St Edmunds

The A1302 has the most collisions in Bury St Edmunds, 655 of 3,769 (17%), followed by the A134 (305).

Collisions in Bury St Edmunds on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA13026558062102
2ndA134305383361
3rdA1101236298138
4thA143224298350
5thA146693912
6thA453346310
7thB11065610

Council area for Bury St Edmunds

Bury St Edmunds is in West Suffolk, where police recorded 24,682 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bury St Edmunds accounts for 15% of them.

Postcode districts in Bury St Edmunds

Collisions in Bury St Edmunds were recorded in 4 postcode districts, led by IP33 (2,657) and IP32 (1,062).