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Cromer road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 529 road traffic collisions in Cromer, North Norfolk, from 1983 to 2025, and 630 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 122 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1983
529
1,120th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
630
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
122
134 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cromer

Collisions by severity, 1983 to 2025

  • Fatal40.8%
  • Serious12223%
  • Slight40376%

What the data shows

  • Cromer had 73 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 10% fewer than the 81 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Cromer were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 86 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cromer, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Cromer.

Where Cromer ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,120th
Most casualties
1,165th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
994th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday67 (13%)
  • Tuesday97 (18%)
  • Wednesday73 (14%)
  • Thursday75 (14%)
  • Friday103 (19%)
  • Saturday54 (10%)
  • Sunday60 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight425 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit84 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (2.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway410 (78%)
  • One way street or slip road98 (19%)
  • Roundabout16 (3%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph443 (84%)
  • 40 mph42 (7.9%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph34 (6.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds440 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds47 (8.9%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (2.5%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other11 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant246 (39%)
  • Pedestrian193 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist96 (15%)
  • Cyclist71 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (1.4%)
  • Van occupant5 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cromer road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cromer, 1983 to 2025

Collisions in Cromer peaked at 26 in 1987; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
202445
20231111
202248
202136
20201010
201955
201866
20171517
2016911
201569
20141214
201356
20121212
201144
201033
200955
2008912
20071218
20061316
20051517
20042126
20031718
20021214
20011313
20001114
19991214
19981011
19971620
19961417
19951016
19941823
19931921
19921418
19912229
19902330
19892226
19881818
19872630
19861112
19851517
19841822
19831819

Map of recent crashes in Cromer

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cromer

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cromer

The 24 most recent collisions in Cromer happened between 7 March 2022 and 23 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cromer

The A149 has the most collisions in Cromer, 228 of 529 (43%), followed by the A148 (71).

Collisions in Cromer on each road, 1983 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA149228265156
2ndA14871101116
3rdB11593641110

Council area for Cromer

Cromer is in North Norfolk, where police recorded 11,920 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cromer accounts for 4.4% of them.

Postcode district for Cromer

All 529 collisions in Cromer were in the NR27 postcode district.