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Downham Market road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 364 road traffic collisions in Downham Market, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, from 1983 to 2025, and 447 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 64 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1983
364
1,385th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
447
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
64
71 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Downham Market

Collisions by severity, 1983 to 2025

  • Fatal20.5%
  • Serious6418%
  • Slight29882%

What the data shows

  • Downham Market had 76 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 3% more than the 74 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Downham Market were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 58 children under 16 were killed or injured in Downham Market, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Downham Market.

Where Downham Market ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,385th
Most casualties
1,422nd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,515th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday62 (17%)
  • Tuesday56 (15%)
  • Wednesday49 (13%)
  • Thursday49 (13%)
  • Friday74 (20%)
  • Saturday48 (13%)
  • Sunday26 (7.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight277 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit80 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway291 (80%)
  • One way street or slip road62 (17%)
  • Roundabout4 (1.1%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph19 (5.2%)
  • 30 mph303 (83%)
  • 40 mph27 (7.4%)
  • 60 mph15 (4.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds296 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds36 (9.9%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other11 (3%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant201 (45%)
  • Pedestrian101 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist77 (17%)
  • Cyclist53 (12%)
  • Van occupant10 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Downham Market road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Downham Market, 1983 to 2025

Collisions in Downham Market peaked at 18 in 1989; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202589
202467
202358
20221216
2021811
202022
20191013
201855
201769
20161415
201568
201445
201378
20121011
201144
20101113
20091214
2008710
200799
200646
200578
200468
2003911
200255
200122
200034
19991012
1998610
1997813
199622
199589
199434
19931419
199289
19911113
19901621
19891824
19881617
198766
19861010
19851523
19841416
19831718

Map of recent crashes in Downham Market

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Downham Market

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Downham Market

The 24 most recent collisions in Downham Market happened between 21 June 2022 and 18 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Downham Market

The B1507 has the most collisions in Downham Market, 113 of 364 (31%), followed by the B1512 (46).

Collisions in Downham Market on each road, 1983 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1507113151026
2ndB1512465307
3rdA1122344315

Council area for Downham Market

Downham Market is in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, where police recorded 20,174 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Downham Market accounts for 1.8% of them.

Postcode district for Downham Market

All 364 collisions in Downham Market were in the PE38 postcode district.