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Hadleigh road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 399 road traffic collisions in Hadleigh, Babergh, from 1980 to 2025, and 467 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 79 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 11 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
399
1,309th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
467
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
79
83 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
11
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hadleigh

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal30.8%
  • Serious7920%
  • Slight31779%

What the data shows

  • Hadleigh had 68 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 12% fewer than the 77 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Hadleigh were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 76 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hadleigh, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Hadleigh.

Where Hadleigh ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,309th
Most casualties
1,385th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,314th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday45 (11%)
  • Tuesday67 (17%)
  • Wednesday68 (17%)
  • Thursday65 (16%)
  • Friday71 (18%)
  • Saturday50 (13%)
  • Sunday33 (8.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight289 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit85 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (2.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (2.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway383 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.3%)
  • Roundabout5 (1.3%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph349 (87%)
  • 40 mph14 (3.5%)
  • 60 mph33 (8.3%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds306 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other31 (7.8%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant189 (40%)
  • Pedestrian98 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist92 (20%)
  • Cyclist81 (17%)
  • Van occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hadleigh road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hadleigh, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Hadleigh peaked at 17 in 1988; 2025 had 11.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 11
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251113
202433
202344
202267
202144
2020914
20191016
2018911
201744
2016812
201556
2014810
2013811
2012811
201177
2010910
20091114
200877
200745
20061013
200588
200466
200367
200266
2001910
200057
19991013
199866
19971011
199644
199589
1994810
1993911
1992911
199144
19901515
19891214
19881719
1987910
198666
19851616
19841215
19831617
19821618
19811012
19801720

Map of recent crashes in Hadleigh

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hadleigh

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hadleigh

The 24 most recent collisions in Hadleigh happened between 10 April 2022 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hadleigh

The B1070 has the most collisions in Hadleigh, 166 of 399 (42%), followed by the A1071 (39).

Collisions in Hadleigh on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1070166185234
2ndA1071394809

Council area for Hadleigh

Hadleigh is in Babergh, where police recorded 12,491 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hadleigh accounts for 3.2% of them.

Postcode district for Hadleigh

All 399 collisions in Hadleigh were in the IP7 postcode district.