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Costessey road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 120 road traffic collisions in Costessey, South Norfolk, from 1983 to 2025, and 148 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 31 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1983
120
2,583rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
148
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
31
32 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Costessey

Collisions by severity, 1983 to 2025

  • Fatal10.8%
  • Serious3126%
  • Slight8873%

What the data shows

  • Costessey had 16 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 26 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Costessey were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 20 children under 16 were killed or injured in Costessey, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Costessey.

Where Costessey ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,583rd
Most casualties
2,677th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,285th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday11 (9.2%)
  • Tuesday11 (9.2%)
  • Wednesday23 (19%)
  • Thursday21 (18%)
  • Friday19 (16%)
  • Saturday18 (15%)
  • Sunday17 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight94 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit15 (13%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (6.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (2.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway119 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph20 (17%)
  • 30 mph72 (60%)
  • 40 mph13 (11%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph14 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds86 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds18 (15%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other7 (5.8%)
  • Not recorded3 (2.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant86 (58%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (14%)
  • Pedestrian19 (13%)
  • Cyclist18 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Costessey road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Costessey, 1983 to 2025

Collisions in Costessey peaked at 9 in 1986; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202311
202222
202112
202023
201933
201811
201711
201633
201511
201433
201311
201211
201157
201012
200969
200845
200722
200622
200511
200422
200322
200200
200111
200077
199947
199800
199777
199611
199500
199469
199366
199223
199156
199022
198923
198845
198747
1986911
198569
198434
198344

Map of recent crashes in Costessey

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Costessey

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Costessey

The 24 most recent collisions in Costessey happened between 28 July 2011 and 2 December 2024.

Severity

Council area for Costessey

Costessey is in South Norfolk, where police recorded 16,904 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Costessey accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Costessey

All 120 collisions in Costessey were in the NR8 postcode district.