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Caister-on-Sea road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 384 road traffic collisions in Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, from 1983 to 2025, and 487 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 78 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, up from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1983
384
1,343rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
487
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
78
84 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Caister-on-Sea

Collisions by severity, 1983 to 2025

  • Fatal61.6%
  • Serious7820%
  • Slight30078%

What the data shows

  • Caister-on-Sea had 67 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 7% fewer than the 72 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Caister-on-Sea were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 100 children under 16 were killed or injured in Caister-on-Sea, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Caister-on-Sea.

Where Caister-on-Sea ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,343rd
Most casualties
1,347th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,326th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (13%)
  • Tuesday57 (15%)
  • Wednesday60 (16%)
  • Thursday57 (15%)
  • Friday67 (17%)
  • Saturday54 (14%)
  • Sunday40 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight305 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit69 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway346 (90%)
  • Roundabout25 (6.5%)
  • Dual carriageway12 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph296 (77%)
  • 40 mph57 (15%)
  • 60 mph21 (5.5%)
  • 70 mph8 (2.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds302 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds39 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (3.6%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other11 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant232 (48%)
  • Pedestrian106 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist66 (14%)
  • Cyclist61 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (2.3%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Caister-on-Sea road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Caister-on-Sea, 1983 to 2025

Collisions in Caister-on-Sea peaked at 20 in 1990; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251010
2024911
202344
202234
202189
202046
201937
2018911
20171113
201669
201555
20141011
201355
201255
20111013
201033
200955
20081114
20071215
200669
2005910
200466
200358
2002810
200157
2000916
199945
199856
19971125
1996913
199578
19941518
19931827
19921113
199189
19902027
19891520
19881821
19871216
19861616
19851212
198499
19831316

Map of recent crashes in Caister-on-Sea

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Caister-on-Sea

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Caister-on-Sea

The 24 most recent collisions in Caister-on-Sea happened between 26 July 2022 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Caister-on-Sea

Of the 384 collisions in Caister-on-Sea, 24 were on the A149.

Collisions in Caister-on-Sea on each road, 1983 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA149243804

Council area for Caister-on-Sea

Caister-on-Sea is in Great Yarmouth, where police recorded 13,131 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Caister-on-Sea accounts for 2.9% of them.

Postcode district for Caister-on-Sea

All 384 collisions in Caister-on-Sea were in the NR30 postcode district.