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Great Barton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 160 road traffic collisions in Great Barton, West Suffolk, from 1980 to 2025, and 242 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 40 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
160
2,190th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
242
1.51 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
40
46 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Great Barton

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal31.9%
  • Serious4025%
  • Slight11773%

What the data shows

  • Great Barton had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 31% fewer than the 32 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Great Barton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 28 children under 16 were killed or injured in Great Barton, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Great Barton.

Where Great Barton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,190th
Most casualties
2,040th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,973rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (18%)
  • Tuesday21 (13%)
  • Wednesday26 (16%)
  • Thursday27 (17%)
  • Friday22 (14%)
  • Saturday20 (13%)
  • Sunday16 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight131 (82%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (11%)
  • Dark, street lights lit11 (6.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway159 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph57 (36%)
  • 40 mph54 (34%)
  • 60 mph47 (29%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds131 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other4 (2.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant173 (71%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (12%)
  • Pedestrian21 (8.7%)
  • Cyclist11 (4.5%)
  • Van occupant5 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Great Barton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Great Barton, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Great Barton peaked at 10 in 1994; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202446
202337
202235
202100
202012
201923
2018712
201700
201622
201522
201433
201300
201222
201158
201035
200933
200825
2007814
200645
200535
200422
200333
200237
200147
200037
199922
199845
199746
199622
199537
19941014
199323
199234
1991610
1990611
198944
1988710
198777
198645
198533
198425
198345
198258
1981610
198046

Map of recent crashes in Great Barton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Great Barton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Great Barton

The 24 most recent collisions in Great Barton happened between 28 February 2015 and 31 October 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Great Barton

The A143 has the most collisions in Great Barton, 113 of 160 (71%), followed by the B1106 (9).

Collisions in Great Barton on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA143113170128
2ndB110691602

Council area for Great Barton

Great Barton is in West Suffolk, where police recorded 24,682 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Great Barton accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Great Barton

All 160 collisions in Great Barton were in the IP31 postcode district.