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Dersingham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 110 road traffic collisions in Dersingham, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, from 1983 to 2025, and 146 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 30 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1983
110
2,699th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
146
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
30
32 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Dersingham

Collisions by severity, 1983 to 2025

  • Fatal10.9%
  • Serious3027%
  • Slight7972%

What the data shows

  • Dersingham had 18 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% more than the 14 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Dersingham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 20 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dersingham, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Dersingham.

Where Dersingham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,699th
Most casualties
2,693rd
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,329th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday17 (15%)
  • Tuesday12 (11%)
  • Wednesday9 (8.2%)
  • Thursday21 (19%)
  • Friday20 (18%)
  • Saturday13 (12%)
  • Sunday18 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight85 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit20 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (2.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway108 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph105 (95%)
  • 60 mph5 (4.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds82 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.7%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other8 (7.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant80 (55%)
  • Motorcyclist23 (16%)
  • Pedestrian21 (14%)
  • Cyclist16 (11%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dersingham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dersingham, 1983 to 2025

Collisions in Dersingham peaked at 7 in 1999; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202434
202300
202222
202133
202000
201900
201836
201733
201623
201511
201424
201300
201222
201122
201045
200900
200836
200700
200600
200537
200411
200334
200233
200133
200033
199978
199826
199714
199648
199544
199422
199311
199200
199144
199056
198967
198879
198746
198655
198545
198422
198345

Map of recent crashes in Dersingham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dersingham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dersingham

The 24 most recent collisions in Dersingham happened between 24 February 2011 and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dersingham

The B1440 has the most collisions in Dersingham, 53 of 110 (48%), followed by the A149 (29).

Collisions in Dersingham on each road, 1983 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB14405377113
2ndA149293509
3rdB11403401

Council area for Dersingham

Dersingham is in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, where police recorded 20,174 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Dersingham accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Dersingham

All 110 collisions in Dersingham were in the PE31 postcode district.