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

Police recorded 2,130 road traffic collisions in Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, from 1983 to 2025, and 2,625 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 24 were fatal and 417 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 32 collisions, up 45% on 2024 (22).

Collisions since 1983
2,130
436th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,625
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
24
26 people killed
Serious collisions
417
483 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
32
Up 45% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
36
Up 24% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Gorleston-on-Sea

Collisions by severity, 1983 to 2025

  • Fatal241.1%
  • Serious41720%
  • Slight1,68979%

What the data shows

  • Gorleston-on-Sea had 302 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 17% fewer than the 364 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Gorleston-on-Sea were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 516 children under 16 were killed or injured in Gorleston-on-Sea, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Gorleston-on-Sea.

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

Most collisions
436th
Most casualties
450th
Most fatal collisions
413th
Most serious collisions
395th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday326 (15%)
  • Tuesday316 (15%)
  • Wednesday309 (15%)
  • Thursday370 (17%)
  • Friday361 (17%)
  • Saturday269 (13%)
  • Sunday179 (8.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,619 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit460 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown33 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,854 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway150 (7%)
  • Roundabout91 (4.3%)
  • One way street or slip road25 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph19 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph1,902 (89%)
  • 40 mph126 (5.9%)
  • 50 mph55 (2.6%)
  • 60 mph21 (1%)
  • 70 mph7 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,669 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds238 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds42 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds28 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds17 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist13 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other88 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded32 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,078 (41%)
  • Pedestrian579 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist436 (17%)
  • Cyclist430 (16%)
  • Bus or coach occupant39 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant15 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (0.3%)
  • Other4 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Gorleston-on-Sea road accidents by year

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

Collisions in Gorleston-on-Sea peaked at 93 in 1992; 2025 had 32.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 32
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253236
20242229
20233137
20222941
20212329
20203145
20193143
20183741
20173842
20162833
20152933
20143449
20133336
20123746
20113140
20104663
20093646
20083843
20073851
20064246
20053649
20044758
20034046
20024551
20014763
20004154
19994157
19985874
19974150
19965165
19955167
19945970
19936068
199293120
19918296
199086101
198983112
19887895
19877792
198688112
198593106
198492112
19837578

Map of recent crashes in Gorleston-on-Sea

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

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Gorleston-on-Sea

The 24 most recent collisions in Gorleston-on-Sea happened between 11 May and 29 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Gorleston-on-Sea

The A12 has the most collisions in Gorleston-on-Sea, 360 of 2,130 (17%), followed by the B1370 (312).

Collisions in Gorleston-on-Sea on each road, 1983 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA12360476874
2ndB1370312379361
3rdA143135170437
4thB11424958012
5thA47405705
6thA12434401

Council area for Gorleston-on-Sea

Gorleston-on-Sea is in Great Yarmouth, where police recorded 13,131 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Gorleston-on-Sea accounts for 16% of them.

Postcode district for Gorleston-on-Sea

Of the 2,130 collisions in Gorleston-on-Sea, 2,129 (100%) were in the NR31 postcode district.